Global command for converting linked graphics to embedded?

[bufossil]

I am using Word 2003 and 2007 on a Windows XP SP3 platform.

I thought I posted this question a couple of hours ago, but I cannot find it
now. I apologize if this is a repeat.

1. I use Remote Desktop Connection to connect to a workstation in a
different state.

2. I use a different authoring tool to create a document, then publish that
document to Word 2003.

3. When I open the Word 2003 document on the remote desktop, it contains all
screen captures and graphics as it

should.

4. I copy the Word document from the remote desktop, and save it to a
"public" server (on a corporate WAN inside the

firewall).

5. I close the Remote Desktop Connection application.

6. From my own local workstation, I navigate to the public server, copy the
Word file, and paste it on my local

workstation's hard drive.

7. I use Word 2007 to open the local version of the Word document, and it
does not contain a single screen capture

or graphic.

I surmise the screen captures and graphics must have been linked somewhere
in the remote location.

Is there a way I can open the original Word 2003 document in the remote
location, and use a global command to embed

the graphics, so that they are always included in the document regardless of
where it might be relocated?

Thank you for your help.

Tim Munyon

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I have now seen your question *four* times (this is the fifth). I would
suggest that you (a) clear the check box for "Update automatic links at
open" (Tools | Options | General) and then use Ctrl+Shift+F9 to unlink/embed
the graphics in the opened document.

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

 

[Congenital Kano]

Suzanne -

Perhaps you should have a little understanding for people who are not so
familiar with the myriad MS NGs and the protocol that frequent users follow.
Many people coming to these forums will do so for a single question and then
disappear - they are directed here from MS or a search engine, and have
neither the time nor the inclination to read FAQs. Often they are
professionals working under a deadline, and are uncertain which NG to post
in (to me, for example, "docmanagement" refers to the storage, indexing and
retrieval of electronic documents, yet the questions here appear to be for
all sorts of internal Word workings; should I post my question here or
elsewhere? This can lead me to post in numerous forums because I'm unsire
which is the appropriate venue).

I appreciate all the volunteer help available in theNGs, but also understand
how even minor outrage by experienced users against n00bs can be unwarranted
and unprofessional.

Give the n00bs a break. Those with the least amount of knowledge are the
most in need of help. You understand the way the system works, they (we)
don't, because we don't lurk here all the time.

Just a thought!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I have seen quite a few questions repeated today and assumed that the reason
for this was that the Web portal is not working correctly (we've been told
this in the MVP private newsgroups). There's not much we can do about this,
but it's frustrating for all concerned when the same question is posted
multiple times because the poster is not seeing the first posting and
assumes it somehow got lost. That probably means that any reply will also
not be seen, so there's not a whole lot of point in replying (which is why I
didn't reply the first four times I saw the question). I had assumed that
all the posts I'd seen at various times had been in the same NG; I read so
many posts that I don't always remember where I've seen them.

FWIW, the reason you see so many "general questions" in this NG is that,
when MS created the Communities portal, it was required that one of the NGs
be designated General Questions. Since this one was, at the time, underused,
and nobody seemed to know what it was really for, anyway, it was selected.

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