When I click Convert, all images disappear. How can I embed in doc

[tomcam]

Word 2007: When I click Convert, all images disappear. How can I embed images
in my document?

I am maintaining a 200+ page document in Word 2007. Due to a Word bug, I
must save the document in Word 97-2003 format. However, I need to edit the
document in Word 2007 mode at times to format images properly. To switch to
Word 2007 mode I use Word button > Convert. For some reason when I did that
today, the images disappeared and were replaced by the reassuring message
"The linked image cannot be displayed. The file may have been moved, renamed,
or deleted. Verify that the link points to the correct file and location."

This tells me that Word apparently does not embed image data in its .doc (or
..docx?) files. That's a maintenance problem for me, because while I keep
religious backups of the Word file I disregard the image files, having
assumed rashly that the Insert command actually inserts them.

How can I "insert" files into a Word document in such a way that they remain
inside the document file itself so I have only one item to back up?

Thank you.

Tom Campbell

Rig:
Word 2007
Vista Ultimate 64 bit SP1
Intel Core i7@ 920 2.67Ghx
12G RAM, 1T hard disk with 900G available

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

I do not have a Word button>Convert item in Office 2007. Exactly what are
you doing?

If you have images linked to a document, you can select the image and use
Ctrl+Shift+F9 to embed it in the document.

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[Caroline M Thomson]

I'm having a very similar problem. I'm working in 2007 with a .doc, and
linking in .ppt files, but the links aren't stable. So, while the images are
there, they aren't not actually linked to the source. If I convert the
document to a .docx, then all the links completely disappear, and I'm left
with graphics just sitting on a page. I started a thread yesterday for help,
and I called our IT guy, so hopefully someone knows something, otherwise,
we're back to inserting all the images by hand.

 

[tomcam]

I do not have a Word button>Convert item in Office 2007. Exactly what are
you doing?

I meant the Office button, sorry. It's a big round button on the upper left
corner of all Office apps.

If you have images linked to a document, you can select the image and use
Ctrl+Shift+F9 to embed it in the document.

Is there some way to select all images in the document at once? It's 200+
pages with 1,000 images.