Find a replace all images

[Chris Joyce]

Is there a simple way to find and replace all images in a document , setting
the propities at the same time ?


Chris

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi Chris,

That depends on what you want to replace the images with. If they
should all be replaced with the same graphic, then yes... but doing it
with a macro would be harder than doing it manually.

First insert the replacement graphic somewhere in the document, and
size/crop/adjust it as you want. Cut it to the clipboard. Open the
Replace dialog. Enter ^g in the Find What box and ^c in the
Replace With box. Click the Replace All button.

The difficulty with the macro is in getting the replacement graphic,
properly adjusted, onto the clipboard. It's possible but a fair amount
of work for little return.

 

[Chris Joyce]

The images that are there would do if they where in there own cell in the
current table , so what is the easy way to
find a graphic and split the currect cell into two ?


current ?
| cell graphic |

resault ?

| cell | graphic |

this would fix my image alligment problam and I could use the current image

or is there an easy way to get images to stay wheer they are spose to be ?

( text : GRAPHIC ) but the graphic can endup just about anyware !


Chris

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi Chris,

There is no "easy" way. :-( There's nothing automatic or built-in,
and if I'm right about the way the graphics are inserted then a macro
would have a hard time with it. The way to fix the problem is manual
and, if there are lots of graphics, depressingly tedious.

From your statement that the graphic can end up anywhere, I'll guess
that they're "floating" instead of "in-line"
(http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/DrwGrphcs/InlineVsFloating.htm). Word,
especially versions before Word 2002, has a hard time with floating
graphics in table cells (for example, the problem discussed in
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/DrwGrphcs/W2kGraphicTblProb.htm).

Select a graphic, right-click and select Format Picture, go to the
Layout tab, and click "In line with text" and OK. Drag the graphic to
the proper place. Repeat for each graphic. You don't need a separate
table cell.

The images that are there would do if they where in there own cell in the
current table , so what is the easy way to
find a graphic and split the currect cell into two ?


current ?
| cell graphic |

resault ?

| cell | graphic |

this would fix my image alligment problam and I could use the current image

or is there an easy way to get images to stay wheer they are spose to be ?

( text : GRAPHIC ) but the graphic can endup just about anyware !


Chris