Hello!! In a couple word documents I'm working on, I've inserted small
pictures which are stored elsewhere on my computer. When I open the
document, the pic is not "there", I guess the program gets it from where it
is stored, and then it appears on the document.

That's fine - but my problem is in sending these to others via email
(Outlook Express), I attach the Word document to the email and send, but the
picture is not sent.

My problem & question: Is there a way to make the picture a permanent part
of the Word document, so that when I email the document the picture will go
also???

Thanks & Best
Regards................................. TOM

How are you inserting the picture(s) into your Word documents? (and what
version of Word is this)

When I choose Insert - Picture - From File, and select a file, there are
three Insert options: Insert, Link to File, and Insert and Link. If I Insert
the picture, then it's there in the document, rather than as a link, and it
gets sent in the document when I attach that document as an email.

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"Tom Massfeller" wrote in message
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Hello!! In a couple word documents I'm working on, I've inserted small
pictures which are stored elsewhere on my computer. When I open the
document, the pic is not "there", I guess the program gets it from where
it is stored, and then it appears on the document.

That's fine - but my problem is in sending these to others via email
(Outlook Express), I attach the Word document to the email and send, but
the picture is not sent.

My problem & question: Is there a way to make the picture a permanent
part of the Word document, so that when I email the document the picture
will go also???

Thanks & Best
Regards................................. TOM

Select the picture and then use Ctrl+Shift+F9 to unlink the picture from its
source.

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"Tom Massfeller" wrote in message
...
Hello!! In a couple word documents I'm working on, I've inserted small
pictures which are stored elsewhere on my computer. When I open the
document, the pic is not "there", I guess the program gets it from where
it is stored, and then it appears on the document.

That's fine - but my problem is in sending these to others via email
(Outlook Express), I attach the Word document to the email and send, but
the picture is not sent.

My problem & question: Is there a way to make the picture a permanent
part of the Word document, so that when I email the document the picture
will go also???

Thanks & Best
Regards................................. TOM

Guys, thanks for your responses... I should've started with,
My computer has Windows XP, my MS Word is 2003 (11.6502.6408), SP1, part of
Office 2003.

When in a Word Document, I click on "Insert", get choices "Picture" or "Text
Box", click on "Picture", get choices "From File" or "Wordart",
(both of these have more choices available but I think I'm picking the right
ones...)

(Although the Picture I'm using is stored in a folder in my "My Documents"
file, not "My Pictures").

It opens "My Pictures", I change the "Look in" from "My Pictures" to "My
Documents", go to the sub-folder and click on the Pic I want, and the
program attaches it

Herb I don't see options of "Insert, Link to File, or insert and Link".

And Doug, I tried clicking on - selecting - the pic, pressing
Control+Shift+F9, even Control+S to save, but when I close and open the
picture again it still takes a second for the picture to appear, which tells
me the pic is not unlinked.

I would appreciate any other advice................... Best
Regards.............. TOM

In the Insert Picture dialog box, select a picture, and look at the Insert
button in the lower right hand corner. It should have a drop-down arrow at
the right side. Click that arrow rather than the button itself. That's where
you'll see the three options I indicated.

It *should* be defaulting to just plain Insert, but I'm guessing that on
your computer, it's not for some reason.

Another way to tell that it's a link rather than the actual picture... if
you press Alt+F9, that will toggle field codes off/on. If it's link, it will
change to an {INCLUDEPICTURE filename } field code. If it's just an inserted
picture, pressing Alt+F9 won't affect its display.

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Herb Tyson MS MVP
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"Tom Massfeller" wrote in message
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Guys, thanks for your responses... I should've started with,
My computer has Windows XP, my MS Word is 2003 (11.6502.6408), SP1, part
of Office 2003.

When in a Word Document, I click on "Insert", get choices "Picture" or
"Text Box", click on "Picture", get choices "From File" or "Wordart",
(both of these have more choices available but I think I'm picking the
right ones...)

(Although the Picture I'm using is stored in a folder in my "My Documents"
file, not "My Pictures").

It opens "My Pictures", I change the "Look in" from "My Pictures" to "My
Documents", go to the sub-folder and click on the Pic I want, and the
program attaches it

Herb I don't see options of "Insert, Link to File, or insert and Link".

And Doug, I tried clicking on - selecting - the pic, pressing
Control+Shift+F9, even Control+S to save, but when I close and open the
picture again it still takes a second for the picture to appear, which
tells me the pic is not unlinked.

I would appreciate any other advice................... Best
Regards.............. TOM

Herb, think I got it!!!
I opened a new Word doc, inserted one pic as a link and one as an insert; &
I could see how Alt+F9 changed one.

Actually, I tried Doug's suggestion of Ctrl+Shift+F9 to unlink, but couldn't
tell if anything happened...maybe it takes a while longer for a pic to
appear than text anyway.

Now when I go back to my docs and try Alt+F9, nothing happens, so I assume
the pics are unlinked and inserted.


Thanks again............................. TOM