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Placeholders for graphics?
I have a very large manuscript, with many footnotes. I also need to import
into it many charts, tables, and graphics. As it crashed once, I am trying to reduce the amount of baggage to what is necessary. I have been told that instead of actually importing the graphic into the Word document, there is a way to insert a placeholder, which just tells Word to put the graphic there when printing it out. Is this possible? Can I do this with my charts and tables too (which currently are in a separate Word document). Or are there other ways of doing this? I am using Word 2002, SP3; WinXP Media Edition 2005. |
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Placeholders for graphics?
You can link graphics (pictures) by choosing Insert as Link when using
Insert | Picture | From File. You can also use "picture placeholders" for inline graphics (any type); this setting is on the View tab of Tools | Options; you can also suppress the display of floating graphics ("Drawings") in the same place; see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/DrwGrphcs/...leGraphics.htm. None of these settings will prevent the graphics from printing or being displayed in Print Preview. -- 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. "Jauchart" wrote in message ... I have a very large manuscript, with many footnotes. I also need to import into it many charts, tables, and graphics. As it crashed once, I am trying to reduce the amount of baggage to what is necessary. I have been told that instead of actually importing the graphic into the Word document, there is a way to insert a placeholder, which just tells Word to put the graphic there when printing it out. Is this possible? Can I do this with my charts and tables too (which currently are in a separate Word document). Or are there other ways of doing this? I am using Word 2002, SP3; WinXP Media Edition 2005. |
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Placeholders for graphics?
"Jauchart" wrote:
I have a very large manuscript, with many footnotes. I also need to import into it many charts, tables, and graphics. As it crashed once, I am trying to reduce the amount of baggage to what is necessary. I have been told that instead of actually importing the graphic into the Word document, there is a way to insert a placeholder, which just tells Word to put the graphic there when printing it out. Is this possible? Can I do this with my charts and tables too (which currently are in a separate Word document). Or are there other ways of doing this? I am using Word 2002, SP3; WinXP Media Edition 2005. Hi Jauchard, As you insert your graphics (Insert Picture From file...) you'll notice a down arrow to the right of the Insert button. You have 3 choices: "Insert", "Link to file", "Insert and link". "Link to file" is what you are looking for, though you'll have to be careful if you move the document or send it to someone, so the links don't get broken. If needed you can edit the field codes (Alt+F9 to see them). For text/tables/charts from another Word document, you could bookmark them and use IncludeText fields (see the topic in the help), but I don't think it would make your document more stable, if that is the reason you want to do it. Were the charts done in Word? Regards, Klaus |
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