How do you insert picture place holders in Word?

[Michael]

Hi All,

I want to insert an empty picture place holder in a word document, for later
inserting when finalising.

Basically I create reports that are often >100 pages in length,, I then have
to insert graphics, flow charts, images etc, each of these are often >500kb
so including them in the reports as I go only slows down the computer,
especially as the report is kept on a network file system. Even working on a
local version (stored on my hard disk is quite slow).

As a result I want to put in picture place holders much in the same way as
can be used in Powerpoint, so I can space out the documents correctly and
then insert the images etc at the very end.

Using a text box, autoshape etc doesn't seem to work as it resizes
automatically to the image size. Whereas I want to fix the picture "frame"
size so when I bring in the graphic/image/flowchart etc it fits the frame I
have created for it thereby eliminating the need to mess around with
formatting.

I am sure you used to be able to do this in Word for Windows (3.11) but it
seems to have disappeared in later versions. I am using Word for Office XP.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Insert a one row, one column table with the desired cell dimensions at the
location where you want the pictures to appear.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Henk57]

In addition to Doug's remark, insert yr pictures straight away. I
Tools/Options/ [View tab] check "Picture Placeholders". This has th
effect that the pictures are not loaded in memory so your document i
quick to navigate. In case you need a quick peek, at least u h
everything in place which whould help you to maintain overview.
HTH, Henk

 

[Michael]

Thanks Doug,

I tried this and though it spaces things out well enough I still have the
problem of the image resizing the table if I insert it into the table or if I
delete the table and insert the picture it defaults to maximum size (out to
the margins).

Kind Rgds
Michael
..

 

[Michael]

Hi Henk57,

Thank you for your response.

I tried your method as well.
Unfortunately I found that the picture could only be sized by the click and
drag boxes and that the format picture option (right click) was greyed out.
Therefore this also does not quite address the issue of defing the space
where you want the picture to go and then inserting the picture to fit that
space, rather than having to mess around and resize.

Dougs suggestion may work if I can work out how to fix the table size so it
does not resize and the image fits the table.

Thanks again for your suggestion will keep it in mind for future reference
and where picture size can be to page width.

Kind Regards
Michael
..

In addition to Doug's remark, insert yr pictures straight away. In
Tools/Options/ [View tab] check "Picture Placeholders". This has the
effect that the pictures are not loaded in memory so your document is
quick to navigate. In case you need a quick peek, at least u hv
everything in place which whould help you to maintain overview.
HTH, Henk

Insert a one row, one column table with the desired cell dimensions at
the
location where you want the pictures to appear.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Michael" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message
Hi All,

I want to insert an empty picture place holder in a word document, for

later
inserting when finalising.

Basically I create reports that are often 100 pages in length,, I then

have
to insert graphics, flow charts, images etc, each of these are often
-
500kb-
so including them in the reports as I go only slows down the
computer,
especially as the report is kept on a network file system. Even
working
on a
local version (stored on my hard disk is quite slow).

As a result I want to put in picture place holders much in the same
way as
can be used in Powerpoint, so I can space out the documents correctly
and
then insert the images etc at the very end.

Using a text box, autoshape etc doesn't seem to work as it resizes
automatically to the image size. Whereas I want to fix the picture
"frame"
size so when I bring in the graphic/image/flowchart etc it fits the
frame
I
have created for it thereby eliminating the need to mess around with
formatting.

I am sure you used to be able to do this in Word for Windows (3.11)
but it
seems to have disappeared in later versions. I am using Word for
Office
XP.

-

 

[Michael]

Hi Again Doug,

I have now found the "Automatically Resize To Fit Contents" check box under
Table Properties --> Table --> Options
( I should have seen it before )

So it looks like your reply is the winner for now.

Thanks again much appreciated

Kind Regards
Michael
..

Thanks so much