Picture Format Options

[pfeifferdesign]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: intel

When you select a picture and click FORMAT: LAYOUT: ADVANCED – there is a check box for "Picture Placeholder". Does anyone know what this means. I have searched everywhere and can't find a reference to it. Thanks.

 

[Michel Bintener]

A picture placeholder is basically a picture that is meant to be replaced by
another picture at a later stage. The placeholder allows you to create
document templates in which the layout is already predefined, and you can
change pictures afterwards without affecting the layout of the rest of the
document. Imagine you create a template for a newsletter; you'd create a
template and use picture placeholders instead of real pictures. For the new
newsletter, you'd open the template and then simply drag a new picture over
the picture placeholder; the placeholder gets replaced by your new picture,
and the layout remains the same, i.e. the text does not flow any differently
because the new picture adopts the properties (size, rotation, etc.) of the
placeholder. I hope this is clear enough; if not, post back for more
details.

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: intel

When you select a picture and click FORMAT: LAYOUT: ADVANCED – there is a
check box for "Picture Placeholder". Does anyone know what this means. I have
searched everywhere and can't find a reference to it. Thanks.

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:mac (Entourage & Word)

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[CyberTaz]

For more on Corentin's reply see word Help on the topic: Image Drop Zones,
but you'll also find a reference to Image Placeholders in the View
Preferences. This is somewhat different, so from another perspective...

By using the Preference for Image Placeholders in a doc which has pictures
in it the images are displayed as plain boxes but they occupy the same size
& position as well as the same properties. The advantage being performance
(speed) enhancement as you work in the document because the images don't
have to be displayed/redrawn as you navigate and system resources can be
devoted to the activities you do need - especially helpful in large or
complex documents which contain a lot of objects. It's also quite helpful
if the image is hi-res for eventual quality printing.

The similarity in terms sometimes causes a bit of deception because applying
the Picture Placeholder property doesn't cause the individual image to
appear as an empty box.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac