Thank you Suzanne. Unfortunately nothing works on this weird image object.
The program that created it only saves files as *.sg which is obviously a
proprietary format.
http://filext.com/file-extension/SG
(Ctrl+Shift+F9) had no effect on it. When I right click on the image, one
of the menu options is "ABC SnapGraphics Object" with 2 sub-options: edit
and convert. Under "convert" the only available option to convert it to "ABC
SnapGraphics Object". I guess Word just does not know what to do with this
weird type of object.
But don't worry. I did the changes I needed to and I will just leave things
the way they are. It is the only image created with this old program. The
publisher used it fine in the first edition; it should work in this one too.
SnapGraphics is an ancient program I once played with because of its unique
way of creating flow diagrams and fortunately it was still installed on my
PC.
Thanks for all your help over the years Suzanne.
Jeff
Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
If you just unlink the OLE object in the Word doc as suggested
(Ctrl+Shift+F9), you should avoid these problems.
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OK, I copied it and pasted it into my graphic program and saved it
as an image.
Now I am back to problem 1. How do I replace the OLE with this
image. When
I paste the image it covers over the OLE. When I delete the OLE
everything
goes bunkers....
Jeff
Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Sounds like it is an OLE object; note that these do add to the file
size and complexity of the document.
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Thank you Kara. I think I discovered the cause of the problem. I
am working on a second edition of a book I wrote a few years ago
and because it is a long manuscript, I am working on a copy of the
original Word document and making my corrections on that copy which
I called "2nd edition ....." instead of retyping everything.
Your comment about the toolbar gave me a clue. I know that toolbar
appears whenever i click on other images in the document, but on
this troublesome image it did not. Aha!
So I double clicked on the image and it opened up an ancient
graphics program called ABC SnapGraphics. I usualy create my
images in a true graphic program (PaintShop Pro) but for some
weird reason I had done this one in SnapGraphics, probably because
it was a modification of an image I had used in the past in my
lectures. Any way I just made my changes in ABC SnapGraphics
(which fortunately was still on my computer) and now I do not need
to replace the "image". I guess it was what might be called a linked
image (?) and not a
jpeg or similar.
Jeff
Kara the Computer Tutor wrote:
Hi Jeff,
There's also a trick to moving pictures around. I don't have Word
2002, but I have 2003, and I'm sure it's very similar:
1. Click on the new photo you've inserted to highlight it.
2. Look for the picture toolbar somewhere one your screen. If it's
not there, click on View, then Toolbars, then Picture.
3. To the right of the Picture Toolbar is an icon with a little
dog in it. Click on it.
4. Click on either "In Front of Text" or "Behind Text." It doesn't
matter which.
5. Now you should be able to move your picture wherever you want
it to go on your page.
Kara
http://www.karathecomputertutor.com
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Using Word 2002 in XP
I hate to ask a stupid question, but is there a way to replace an
existing image in a Word document with a different one? The
reason I as is because when I delete the present one and then
insert the new one, the new image goes into a different location
and covers the text below it, etc. Is there a trick to doing
this so the new image goes where the old one was?
Jeff