Pasting images in the drawing canvas

[christophercbrewster via OfficeKB.com]

At first I didn't see the point of the drawing canvas, but it makes sense to
me now. But one thing causes a problem: it won't let me directly paste a
bitmap, but only lets me insert a graphic file. I deal with a large number of
screen shots and have no need to make separate files, so I'd like to paste
directly into the canvas.

On top of what I just wrote, I'm dealing with an existing file from another
author with a very large number of screen shots. I'd like to add callouts and
highlights to these, but to do it in the canvas requires me to take a screen
shot from Word, save it as a file, then insert into the DC. Is there a way to
select the existing screen shot in the Word doc, and add a canvas "around it",
so to speak? I don't want to add a large number of graphic details directly
to the Word page, because I find this unstable and unreliable (too many
anchored objects with the potential to end up in the wrong place).

Thanks...

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Christopher,

You didn't mention the Word version so this is somewhat generic.

Word does not store screen shots as efficiently as it does inserted pictures (excess baggage with screenshots) although it's more
easily improved in Word 2007 than in previous versions). You can use a screen capture program that will let you capture all or part
of a screen to the same file name and use a macro with keyboard shortcut in Word to insert that same named graphic as needed.

For the canvas, if you paste the graphic into a document you can then cut and from the document into the canvas, rather than paste
directly from 'PrntScrn' into a canvas. You can have another 'scratchpad' document open for this, it doesn't have to be the same
document as the canvas.

If you want to paste directly into the canvas from 'PrntScrn' you can use a textbox/shape in your canvas as a place holder, then
paste into the place holder.

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At first I didn't see the point of the drawing canvas, but it makes sense to
me now. But one thing causes a problem: it won't let me directly paste a
bitmap, but only lets me insert a graphic file. I deal with a large number of
screen shots and have no need to make separate files, so I'd like to paste
directly into the canvas.

On top of what I just wrote, I'm dealing with an existing file from another
author with a very large number of screen shots. I'd like to add callouts and
highlights to these, but to do it in the canvas requires me to take a screen
shot from Word, save it as a file, then insert into the DC. Is there a way to
select the existing screen shot in the Word doc, and add a canvas "around it",
so to speak? I don't want to add a large number of graphic details directly
to the Word page, because I find this unstable and unreliable (too many
anchored objects with the potential to end up in the wrong place).

Thanks... >>
--

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[christophercbrewster via OfficeKB.com]

Sorry about the version-- it's Word 2003 under XP. Concerning your
suggestions:

- I tried cutting a bitmap from within the Word document and pasting to the
canvas, but it still lands outside the canvas like a rejected organ
transplant.

- I'm not sure I understand the part about "use a screen capture program
that will let you capture all or part of a screen to the same file name". I
assume you don't mean the same file name as the Word doc (the capture program
doesn't allow it, which makes sense).

- I pasted an image into a placeholder shape, and this worked. That approach
is probably my solution.

Thanks for your answer. Any further answers on my first two bullets would be
appreciated.

Chris

Hi Christopher,

You didn't mention the Word version so this is somewhat generic.

Word does not store screen shots as efficiently as it does inserted pictures (excess baggage with screenshots) although it's more
easily improved in Word 2007 than in previous versions). You can use a screen capture program that will let you capture all or part
of a screen to the same file name and use a macro with keyboard shortcut in Word to insert that same named graphic as needed.

For the canvas, if you paste the graphic into a document you can then cut and from the document into the canvas, rather than paste
directly from 'PrntScrn' into a canvas. You can have another 'scratchpad' document open for this, it doesn't have to be the same
document as the canvas.

If you want to paste directly into the canvas from 'PrntScrn' you can use a textbox/shape in your canvas as a place holder, then
paste into the place holder.

===============
At first I didn't see the point of the drawing canvas, but it makes sense to
me now. But one thing causes a problem: it won't let me directly paste a
bitmap, but only lets me insert a graphic file. I deal with a large number of
screen shots and have no need to make separate files, so I'd like to paste
directly into the canvas.

On top of what I just wrote, I'm dealing with an existing file from another
author with a very large number of screen shots. I'd like to add callouts and
highlights to these, but to do it in the canvas requires me to take a screen
shot from Word, save it as a file, then insert into the DC. Is there a way to
select the existing screen shot in the Word doc, and add a canvas "around it",
so to speak? I don't want to add a large number of graphic details directly
to the Word page, because I find this unstable and unreliable (too many
anchored objects with the potential to end up in the wrong place).

Thanks... >>

--
Christopher Brewster
Lockheed Martin, Eagan MN

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