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Changing the Source file path for inserting pictures?
Dunno if my heading made sense ....... but what I'd like to know is, is there
a way to change the sources file when inserting pictures? I go to INSERT PICTURE / FROM FILE and it automatically takes me into word's clip art collection. I have to click on the drop down menu to go to MY DOCS then MY PICS.I want to be able to change this to MY PICS. I've looked in the properties and options etc and havn't been able to do it. Any suggestions? I'm sure it used to open in the last folder looked into. Cheers Suzanne |
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From the Tools menu, select Options and then go to the File Locations tab
and modify the path for Clipart pictures so that it points to the desired folder. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Sioux" wrote in message ... Dunno if my heading made sense ....... but what I'd like to know is, is there a way to change the sources file when inserting pictures? I go to INSERT PICTURE / FROM FILE and it automatically takes me into word's clip art collection. I have to click on the drop down menu to go to MY DOCS then MY PICS.I want to be able to change this to MY PICS. I've looked in the properties and options etc and havn't been able to do it. Any suggestions? I'm sure it used to open in the last folder looked into. Cheers Suzanne |
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Doh .... Thanks for that Doug. I had looked at that but was afraid to change
it incase it buggered up inserting my Clip Art. I've changed it now and all is working fine. The clip art search still appears in a side menu when I request it and insert picture goes where I want it to now. Cheers Buddy XX Sioux "Doug Robbins" wrote: From the Tools menu, select Options and then go to the File Locations tab and modify the path for Clipart pictures so that it points to the desired folder. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Sioux" wrote in message ... Dunno if my heading made sense ....... but what I'd like to know is, is there a way to change the sources file when inserting pictures? I go to INSERT PICTURE / FROM FILE and it automatically takes me into word's clip art collection. I have to click on the drop down menu to go to MY DOCS then MY PICS.I want to be able to change this to MY PICS. I've looked in the properties and options etc and havn't been able to do it. Any suggestions? I'm sure it used to open in the last folder looked into. Cheers Suzanne |
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Note, however, that this just changes the default folder and doesn't make
Word default to the last-used folder. The only way to do that is to have *no* path for clip art on the File Locations tab, and I believe the only way to accomplish this, once one has been set, is to edit the Registry. Search the Registry for "PICTURE-PATH." For Word 2003 it will be in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\W ord\Options folder. Delete that key, and you'll be back to defaulting to the most recently used folder. If you prefer not to edit the Registry, a workaround (for Word 2002 and 2003 only) is to add the desired folder to the Places Bar while you're working in it. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Doug Robbins" wrote in message ... From the Tools menu, select Options and then go to the File Locations tab and modify the path for Clipart pictures so that it points to the desired folder. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Sioux" wrote in message ... Dunno if my heading made sense ....... but what I'd like to know is, is there a way to change the sources file when inserting pictures? I go to INSERT PICTURE / FROM FILE and it automatically takes me into word's clip art collection. I have to click on the drop down menu to go to MY DOCS then MY PICS.I want to be able to change this to MY PICS. I've looked in the properties and options etc and havn't been able to do it. Any suggestions? I'm sure it used to open in the last folder looked into. Cheers Suzanne |
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