After you insert a picture into a Word 2003 document, how do you later
recall the file name of the image you just inserted? I must be looking in
the wrong places because I can find no commands or options that tell me the
file name of an image in a document.

Happy Holidays!

Phideaux

Word does not keep any record of the filename unless you link to the file,
in which case you can see the path when you press Alt+F9 (but only if the
image is inline; if it's wrapped, you'll have to change the wrapping to In
Line With Text first). Once a picture is embedded and not linked, there is
no way to find out the original filename or location.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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phideaux wrote in message ...
After you insert a picture into a Word 2003 document, how do you later
recall the file name of the image you just inserted? I must be looking in
the wrong places because I can find no commands or options that tell me
the
file name of an image in a document.

Happy Holidays!

Phideaux

As Suzanne says, this information isn't stored, but because Word can create
HTML files, which allow the images to be extracted, you can get some of the
way by using the Script editor to view the file (ALT+SHIFT+F11)
If you search the body of the document in the editor for
o:title=
That will be the name of the picture without the file extension. It does not
give the location from which the image was inserted.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org

phideaux wrote:
After you insert a picture into a Word 2003 document, how do you later
recall the file name of the image you just inserted? I must be
looking in the wrong places because I can find no commands or options
that tell me the file name of an image in a document.

Happy Holidays!

Phideaux

That's a great tip, Graham. Sometimes the filename alone is all you need.

--
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.

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
As Suzanne says, this information isn't stored, but because Word can
create
HTML files, which allow the images to be extracted, you can get some of
the
way by using the Script editor to view the file (ALT+SHIFT+F11)
If you search the body of the document in the editor for
o:title=
That will be the name of the picture without the file extension. It does
not
give the location from which the image was inserted.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org

phideaux wrote:
After you insert a picture into a Word 2003 document, how do you later
recall the file name of the image you just inserted? I must be
looking in the wrong places because I can find no commands or options
that tell me the file name of an image in a document.

Happy Holidays!

Phideaux

Thanks Graham and Suzanne,

Yes, usually the filename is all that I need.

This is not exactly a convenient procedure, but it will work in a pinch.
Why does Microsoft make things like this so difficult? For example, when I
use FrameMaker or PageMaker or even other MS products such as FrontPage,
this isn't a problem at all.

OK, out of gripe mode now. Thanks. :-)

Phideaux

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
That's a great tip, Graham. Sometimes the filename alone is all you need.

--
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.

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
As Suzanne says, this information isn't stored, but because Word can
create
HTML files, which allow the images to be extracted, you can get some of
the
way by using the Script editor to view the file (ALT+SHIFT+F11)
If you search the body of the document in the editor for
o:title=
That will be the name of the picture without the file extension. It does
not
give the location from which the image was inserted.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org

phideaux wrote:
After you insert a picture into a Word 2003 document, how do you later
recall the file name of the image you just inserted? I must be
looking in the wrong places because I can find no commands or options
that tell me the file name of an image in a document.

Happy Holidays!

Phideaux

Keep in mind that Word is a *word* processing application. It's designed
primarily to handle text, not graphics.

--
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.

phideaux wrote in message ...
Thanks Graham and Suzanne,

Yes, usually the filename is all that I need.

This is not exactly a convenient procedure, but it will work in a pinch.
Why does Microsoft make things like this so difficult? For example, when I
use FrameMaker or PageMaker or even other MS products such as FrontPage,
this isn't a problem at all.

OK, out of gripe mode now. Thanks. :-)

Phideaux

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
That's a great tip, Graham. Sometimes the filename alone is all you
need.

--
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.

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
As Suzanne says, this information isn't stored, but because Word can
create
HTML files, which allow the images to be extracted, you can get some
of
the
way by using the Script editor to view the file (ALT+SHIFT+F11)
If you search the body of the document in the editor for
o:title=
That will be the name of the picture without the file extension. It
does
not
give the location from which the image was inserted.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org

phideaux wrote:
After you insert a picture into a Word 2003 document, how do you
later
recall the file name of the image you just inserted? I must be
looking in the wrong places because I can find no commands or
options
that tell me the file name of an image in a document.

Happy Holidays!

Phideaux