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I am creating a sales presentation template in Word for my salespeople to
customize. I have set up a table on each page containing photos and text. The table is reproduced on each page and is given a strict structure (doesn't break over pages, exact height and width for each cell, etc.) Unfortunately the salepeople are consistently having problems with adding photos to the table. When a photo is added (via insertpicturefrom file...) only the bottom edge of it appears; you can see the outline of the rest, but the image is not displayed. I know part of this issue is caused by the fact that every image added to a Word file is added with layout in "in line with text" mode (a default function that should be editable, but don't get me started). If it is changed to "in front of text", you'd think this would solve the problem, but it doesn't: the photo usually disappears altogether! (I assume it is below the table, even though the cells have "no fill"). If I somehow get the photo to show up in front of the table and drag it over to the appropriate cell, it disappears, or only a portion is visible, or it mysteriously shifts to another location! I have seemingly tried every possible properties adjustment, and have rebuilt the entire table from scratch twice. Does anyone have any suggestions for me? I'd be happy to send you the table if you like. Help! |
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The style you are using in your table is formatted with "Exactly" line
spacing. Create a style for the photos that has Single line spacing. You can use a different style for the text, which can be in a separate row, if necessary. You do *not* want to change the wrapping from In Line With Text. -- 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. "adman4" wrote in message ... I am creating a sales presentation template in Word for my salespeople to customize. I have set up a table on each page containing photos and text. The table is reproduced on each page and is given a strict structure (doesn't break over pages, exact height and width for each cell, etc.) Unfortunately the salepeople are consistently having problems with adding photos to the table. When a photo is added (via insertpicturefrom file...) only the bottom edge of it appears; you can see the outline of the rest, but the image is not displayed. I know part of this issue is caused by the fact that every image added to a Word file is added with layout in "in line with text" mode (a default function that should be editable, but don't get me started). If it is changed to "in front of text", you'd think this would solve the problem, but it doesn't: the photo usually disappears altogether! (I assume it is below the table, even though the cells have "no fill"). If I somehow get the photo to show up in front of the table and drag it over to the appropriate cell, it disappears, or only a portion is visible, or it mysteriously shifts to another location! I have seemingly tried every possible properties adjustment, and have rebuilt the entire table from scratch twice. Does anyone have any suggestions for me? I'd be happy to send you the table if you like. Help! |
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Photos in Tables
Thank you so much! This problem had been plaguing me for over a year. Who
knew it would be solved with a brief posting from you. Thanks again so much. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The style you are using in your table is formatted with "Exactly" line spacing. Create a style for the photos that has Single line spacing. You can use a different style for the text, which can be in a separate row, if necessary. You do *not* want to change the wrapping from In Line With Text. -- 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. "adman4" wrote in message ... I am creating a sales presentation template in Word for my salespeople to customize. I have set up a table on each page containing photos and text. The table is reproduced on each page and is given a strict structure (doesn't break over pages, exact height and width for each cell, etc.) Unfortunately the salepeople are consistently having problems with adding photos to the table. When a photo is added (via insertpicturefrom file...) only the bottom edge of it appears; you can see the outline of the rest, but the image is not displayed. I know part of this issue is caused by the fact that every image added to a Word file is added with layout in "in line with text" mode (a default function that should be editable, but don't get me started). If it is changed to "in front of text", you'd think this would solve the problem, but it doesn't: the photo usually disappears altogether! (I assume it is below the table, even though the cells have "no fill"). If I somehow get the photo to show up in front of the table and drag it over to the appropriate cell, it disappears, or only a portion is visible, or it mysteriously shifts to another location! I have seemingly tried every possible properties adjustment, and have rebuilt the entire table from scratch twice. Does anyone have any suggestions for me? I'd be happy to send you the table if you like. Help! |
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You're entirely welcome. Amazingly, I first experienced this problem very
shortly after I started using Word in 1992 (what's amazing to me is that I was using Exactly line spacing that early on), and I've never forgotten my bewilderment. -- 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. "adman4" wrote in message ... Thank you so much! This problem had been plaguing me for over a year. Who knew it would be solved with a brief posting from you. Thanks again so much. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The style you are using in your table is formatted with "Exactly" line spacing. Create a style for the photos that has Single line spacing. You can use a different style for the text, which can be in a separate row, if necessary. You do *not* want to change the wrapping from In Line With Text. -- 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. "adman4" wrote in message ... I am creating a sales presentation template in Word for my salespeople to customize. I have set up a table on each page containing photos and text. The table is reproduced on each page and is given a strict structure (doesn't break over pages, exact height and width for each cell, etc.) Unfortunately the salepeople are consistently having problems with adding photos to the table. When a photo is added (via insertpicturefrom file...) only the bottom edge of it appears; you can see the outline of the rest, but the image is not displayed. I know part of this issue is caused by the fact that every image added to a Word file is added with layout in "in line with text" mode (a default function that should be editable, but don't get me started). If it is changed to "in front of text", you'd think this would solve the problem, but it doesn't: the photo usually disappears altogether! (I assume it is below the table, even though the cells have "no fill"). If I somehow get the photo to show up in front of the table and drag it over to the appropriate cell, it disappears, or only a portion is visible, or it mysteriously shifts to another location! I have seemingly tried every possible properties adjustment, and have rebuilt the entire table from scratch twice. Does anyone have any suggestions for me? I'd be happy to send you the table if you like. Help! |
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