Can't Select Picture

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Ted

I made the mistake of inserting a picture behind the text. I have created a document that is complicated in terms of it's formating. I need to go in and remove that picture that I first inserted. There is no way to "select" it because it is behind everything

Is there any way to get the "selection" back so that I can delete the picture?
 
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Bill Foley

Did you put the image in the "Header" If so, click the "View" menu, select
"Header and Footer". Can you select it here and delete it?

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Ted said:
I made the mistake of inserting a picture behind the text. I have created
a document that is complicated in terms of it's formating. I need to go in
and remove that picture that I first inserted. There is no way to "select"
it because it is behind everything.
Is there any way to get the "selection" back so that I can delete the
picture?
 
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Graham Mayor

Put up the drawing toolbar and use the white pointer to select the image.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill

Display the Drawing toolbar and click on the Select Objects tool (large
white arrow at the left end). This will enable you to click on drawing
objects without touching text.



Ted said:
I made the mistake of inserting a picture behind the text. I have created
a document that is complicated in terms of it's formating. I need to go in
and remove that picture that I first inserted. There is no way to "select"
it because it is behind everything.
Is there any way to get the "selection" back so that I can delete the
picture?
 
T

Ted

Outstanding. Very quick response, thank you. The image was not part of the header so the second solution worked for me. I put up the "drawing toolbar" and used the white pointer just like you said. I would point out that the "white pointer' was found under the drawing toolbars "add/remove buttons". It is not enabled by default and was called "select multiple objects" as opposed to pointer. Worked just fine though. Thank you very much.
 
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Graham Mayor

I guess there are some differences between Word versions here. It is
certainly a default in the most recent versions.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill

The Select Objects tool has been a default button on the Drawing toolbar for
as long as it has existed. Select Multiple Objects is a different button.



Ted said:
Outstanding. Very quick response, thank you. The image was not part of
the header so the second solution worked for me. I put up the "drawing
toolbar" and used the white pointer just like you said. I would point out
that the "white pointer' was found under the drawing toolbars "add/remove
buttons". It is not enabled by default and was called "select multiple
objects" as opposed to pointer. Worked just fine though. Thank you very
much.
 

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