Setting default view on insert picture???

[Bobby C.]

I have seen a couple of posts that talk about being able to set the
"default" for the Insert Picture option in Word 2002. The solution that has
been suggested was to use a macro and that seemed to do the trick. Would
someone be willing to share the macro code for that or give a bit more
detail as to what to do? TIA

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You don't need a macro in Word 2002. You can set the default on the Edit tab
of Tools | Options.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word

 

[Bobby C.]

Suzanne,

Thanks for the reply but I guess I left part of my explanation out. When I
click on Insert Picture, it always comes up in thumbnail view. I would like
it to come up in preview view. Is that possible? If you need to use a
macro to do this, how is it constructed? Thanks!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Ah, for that you *would* need a macro (if you're not one of the lucky users
who can make a setting change stick). I believe one may have been provided;
you might search Google.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word

 

[Bobby C.]

Suzanne,

Thanks for the followup. I found the solution and I thought I would present
it here in case anyone was as lazy as I was and didn't try to search Google
first.

First, start up Word. Then choose Tools | Macro | Macros. At the bottom of
the dialog box, change the contents of Macros In: to Normal.dot (global
template). Then in the Macro name textbox type in "InsertPicture" (without
the quotes) and click create. A single line of code will appear with a
couple of comment lines. Paste in ABOVE the code this little snippet:

' Sets the View to (D)etails with SendKeys.
' To set a different default view, change last letter in the SendKeys
command.
' D - (D)etails view
' G - Lar(g)e Icon view
' L - (L)ist view
' M - S(m)all Icon view
' R - P(r)operties View
' V - Pre(v)iew View

SendKeys ("%L{LEFT}V")

Click File | Save Normal and then click File | Close and Return to Microsoft
Word. You don't have to do anything to activate this macro as it replaces
the normal functionality of the Insert | Picture command. Thanks to
PCWorld.Com and their example code.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word