Breaking Image Links in Word 2007

[atz413]

I have created a rather large document in Word with linked images. I do this
for various reasons, particularly to allow future updates. However, my boss
has asked that I create a version of this document with embedded images. So
be it. I know that with previous versions of Word, I could do this through
the Edit menu, but that's been blown away (along with a lot of other good
stuff, IMO) in Word 2007.

A look at the MSWord help file says

1. Right-click the icon or object, point to object type Object (for example,
Linked Worksheet Object), and then click Links.
2. Click Break Link.

Well, when I right-click an image, there is no "object type" displayed on
the pop-up menu. So: Am I looking in the wrong place? What am I doing wrong,
or is the help file of no use whatsoever?

Also, is there a way to break all the links in the document at one time? If
I could even do one, I suppose I could record a macro to do the same thing
for all the images, but I can't even do one with the instructions given in
the help system.

Very confused,
Andy

 

[Stefan Blom]

To display the Links dialog box, you can do the following: Click the Office
button, and then click Prepare. Click Edit Links to Files.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Ctrl+Shift+F9 unlinks fields.

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

 

[Steve Lowman]

I made charts in Excel. I copied and pasted them as MS Graphic Objects (the default paste option) in Word. I went to Edit Links to Files, and I broke all the links.

Later, I wanted to update all the fields in the document, i.e. table of contents, cross references, etc. So, I do Ctrl+A and F9. Then the bug shows itself. For every file link that I have broken, Word now looks for a link to a file and gives me a message box to tell me it cannot find the linked file - A SEPARATE MESSAGE BOX FOR EVERY CHART THAT I BROUGHT IN FROM EXCEL !!! - EVERY TIME DO Ctrl + F9 !!!

What a hopeless mess! Why does Word not recognise that I broke the links because I do not want it to look for the source files - I want the graphic objects to be completely independent and not for Word to go looking for any linked file.

I have not found any other references to this bug with Internet searches, so I don't know whether anyone else has come across it - if not, then I wonder why not. I can't see a solution to this anywhere - it looks like a stupid logic error in the application design. When I get the time, I will report it to them.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

How did you break the link? If you used Ctrl+Shift+F9, you should not be
getting a prompt to update, as there should no longer be any field to
update.

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