[JiverJim]

I import photographs into Word documents and wish to avoid having to resize
the documents and change the image format after importing. Can the default
be changed in the Word template file? I could create a template specifically
for this type of document.

[Jay Freedman]

JiverJim wrote:
I import photographs into Word documents and wish to avoid having to
resize the documents and change the image format after importing.
Can the default be changed in the Word template file? I could create
a template specifically for this type of document.

Insert a table where you want the picture to appear, set its columns to the
width you want the picture to be, turn off the table's borders (Ctrl+Alt+U),
and select Table AutoFit Fixed Column Width so it won't automatically
expand. Set the default insertion type (in Tools Options Edit) to "In
line with text".

When you insert a picture in a cell of the table, if it's wider than the
column width, the picture will automatically resize to fit in the cell.
(Word won't resize a small picture to fit a wider column, though.)

Please explain what you mean by the "image format".

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Jay Freedman
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[JiverJim]

Your solution will actually solve both problems, by image format I meant its
behaviour relative to text. By using a table I will be able to control this.
Thank you

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

JiverJim wrote:
I import photographs into Word documents and wish to avoid having to
resize the documents and change the image format after importing.
Can the default be changed in the Word template file? I could create
a template specifically for this type of document.

Insert a table where you want the picture to appear, set its columns to the
width you want the picture to be, turn off the table's borders (Ctrl+Alt+U),
and select Table AutoFit Fixed Column Width so it won't automatically
expand. Set the default insertion type (in Tools Options Edit) to "In
line with text".

When you insert a picture in a cell of the table, if it's wider than the
column width, the picture will automatically resize to fit in the cell.
(Word won't resize a small picture to fit a wider column, though.)

Please explain what you mean by the "image format".

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.