Insert picture nuisance in Word 2002

[Don Madsen]

When using Insert | Picture | From File the default locaton is Desktop\My
Documents\My Pictures. I don'tput anything there because I want all personal
data on drive D:. Therefore, I would like to start the search in D:\UserDon.
Word 2002 always goes back to the default and there doen't seem to be any
way to change it. Then it insists on starting in thumbnail view and EACH
time I need to change it to list view. When there are hundreds of picture,
the thumbnails are not practical for me. File names are much easier. It
seems fine to set up a scheme for users who do not want to devise their own,
but it would sure be nice to able to modify the default. Am I overlooling
something?

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Don,

You can set the starting location for clipart in
Tools=>Options=>File Locations.

To change the default view for Insert=>Picture=>From File to something other than thumbnails requires a macro such as the one I
created that is in this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;301459

In Word 2003 you can select a view for Insert=>Picture=>From File that 'sticks'.
=======When using Insert | Picture | From File the default locaton is Desktop\My
Documents\My Pictures. I don'tput anything there because I want all personal
data on drive D:. Therefore, I would like to start the search in D:\UserDon.
Word 2002 always goes back to the default and there doen't seem to be any
way to change it. Then it insists on starting in thumbnail view and EACH
time I need to change it to list view. When there are hundreds of picture,
the thumbnails are not practical for me. File names are much easier. It
seems fine to set up a scheme for users who do not want to devise their own,
but it would sure be nice to able to modify the default. Am I overlooling
something? >>
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I hope this helps you,

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[Beth Melton]

It might be worthwhile to note the Clipart pictures location is a
little quirky.

If this path is blank then Word will remember the last folder you
selected. If there is a path then Word will default to the folder
specified each time you use the Insert/Picture/From File command.

If you always use the same folder then this isn't a problem. But if
you're like me and create several subfolder under a specific folder
then returning to the parent folder each time can be a pain.

What I do is leave the Clipart pictures location blank and use TweakUI
to modify the location of "My Pictures" folder. This way I can have a
default folder *and* retain the ability return to the last folder I
selected.

Note: If you have a path set for Clipart pictures and use Word
2002/2003 the only way I know of to delete the Clipart pictures path
is to delete/rename the "PICTURE-PATH" value is in the Registry under:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Options
or
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Word\Options

Otherwise the path can be deleted in the Modify dialog box


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Hi Don,

You can set the starting location for clipart in
Tools=>Options=>File Locations.

To change the default view for Insert=>Picture=>From File to

something other than thumbnails requires a macro such as the one I