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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 |
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Answer: Replace an image with another one
Hi Jeff,
No worries, it's not a stupid question at all! Yes, there is a way to replace an existing image in a Word document with a different one without it moving to a different location. Here's how you can do it in Word 2002 on XP:
If the new image is a different size than the old one, it may cause the text to move around slightly. To fix this, you can adjust the text wrapping settings for the new image. Here's how:
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If you select the picture and then use Insert | Picture | From File, the new
one should replace the old one in the same position and at the same size. In Word 2007, it's even easier: right-click and choose Change Picture. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org wrote in message ... 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 |
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That's what I thought, but it is just not happening here. Don't know why.
I decided to give up and just use the old image. Thanks. Jeff Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: If you select the picture and then use Insert | Picture | From File, the new one should replace the old one in the same position and at the same size. In Word 2007, it's even easier: right-click and choose Change Picture. wrote in message ... 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 |
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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 " wrote: 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 |
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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 " wrote: 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 |
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Sounds like it is an OLE object; note that these do add to the file size and
complexity of the document. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org wrote in message ... 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 " wrote: 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 |
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I guess that is what it is. Is there a way to change an OLE into a regular
image? 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. wrote in message ... 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 " wrote: 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 |
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If you see a field code when you press Alt+F9 (as I imagine you would), you
should be able to convert it to an embedded image by pressing Ctrl+Shift+F9 (which unlinks it). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org wrote in message ... I guess that is what it is. Is there a way to change an OLE into a regular image? 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. wrote in message ... 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 " wrote: 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 |
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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. wrote in message ... 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 " wrote: 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 |
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If you just unlink the OLE object in the Word doc as suggested
(Ctrl+Shift+F9), you should avoid these problems. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org wrote in message ... 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. wrote in message ... 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 " wrote: 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 |
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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. wrote in message ... 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. wrote in message ... 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 " wrote: 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 |
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Okay, sorry that didn't work. Something that might have (though perhaps not
satisfactorily) would have been to copy the image and then use Edit | Paste Special | As Picture. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org wrote in message ... 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. wrote in message ... 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. wrote in message ... 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 " wrote: 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 |
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Please don't be sorry. It's not your fault and you have been a tremendous
help for a long time. Things are fine now. Jeff Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: Okay, sorry that didn't work. Something that might have (though perhaps not satisfactorily) would have been to copy the image and then use Edit | Paste Special | As Picture. wrote in message ... 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. wrote in message ... 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. wrote in message ... 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 " wrote: 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 |
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Replace an image with another one
Thanks. I just keep looking for the simplest, most elegant solution.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org wrote in message ... Please don't be sorry. It's not your fault and you have been a tremendous help for a long time. Things are fine now. Jeff Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: Okay, sorry that didn't work. Something that might have (though perhaps not satisfactorily) would have been to copy the image and then use Edit | Paste Special | As Picture. wrote in message ... 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. wrote in message ... 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. wrote in message ... 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 " wrote: 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 |
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Replace an image with another one
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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... If you select the picture and then use Insert | Picture | From File, the new one should replace the old one in the same position and at the same size. In Word 2007, it's even easier: right-click and choose Change Picture. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org wrote in message ... 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 |
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