Is it possible to convert linked files to embedded files in MS Word? I have a
document which contains linked photographs. I now need to distribute this and
would like to embed the original files (unless there is an easy way of
distributing it along with the original files and updating the links
accordingly)

Hi =?Utf-8?B?bGVlc2k=?=,

> Is it possible to convert linked files to embedded files in MS Word? I have a
> document which contains linked photographs. I now need to distribute this and
> would like to embed the original files (unless there is an easy way of
> distributing it along with the original files and updating the links
> accordingly)
>
Depends. Depends on whether the pictures have been formatted with any text-wrap
formatting. If they haven't (they're "in-line with the text"), then you can
select and press Ctrl+Shift+F9 to unlink them.

If they're formatted with text wrap, then you'd need to select, Edit/Link
(possibly available using Right-click).

Conceivably, VBA should be able to cycle through all the pictures and unlink
them, but some versions of Word don't support this well (crashes are possible).

Cindy Meister
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http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
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Hi leesi,

Does Edit | Links... | Break Link work for you?

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"leesi" wrote:

> Is it possible to convert linked files to embedded files in MS Word? I have a
> document which contains linked photographs. I now need to distribute this and
> would like to embed the original files (unless there is an easy way of
> distributing it along with the original files and updating the links
> accordingly)

leesi wrote:
> Is it possible to convert linked files to embedded files in MS Word?
> I have a document which contains linked photographs. I now need to
> distribute this and would like to embed the original files (unless
> there is an easy way of distributing it along with the original files
> and updating the links accordingly)

Select the pictures and press Ctrl+Shift+F9, the shortcut for the Unlink
command.

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As Cindy points out, the pictures must be In Line With Text for this to
work. I just tried it with a linked, wrapped graphic, and it didn't work.

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"Jay Freedman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:ef5uO$(E-Mail Removed)...
> leesi wrote:
> > Is it possible to convert linked files to embedded files in MS Word?
> > I have a document which contains linked photographs. I now need to
> > distribute this and would like to embed the original files (unless
> > there is an easy way of distributing it along with the original files
> > and updating the links accordingly)
>
> Select the pictures and press Ctrl+Shift+F9, the shortcut for the Unlink
> command.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
> all may benefit.
>
>

True. I find it very strange, though. Some day I have to ask the dev team
why the difference exists.

Jay

Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
> As Cindy points out, the pictures must be In Line With Text for this
> to work. I just tried it with a linked, wrapped graphic, and it
> didn't work.
>
>
> "Jay Freedman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:ef5uO$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> leesi wrote:
>>> Is it possible to convert linked files to embedded files in MS Word?
>>> I have a document which contains linked photographs. I now need to
>>> distribute this and would like to embed the original files (unless
>>> there is an easy way of distributing it along with the original
>>> files and updating the links accordingly)
>>
>> Select the pictures and press Ctrl+Shift+F9, the shortcut for the
>> Unlink command.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Jay Freedman
>> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
>> newsgroup so all may benefit.

I guess it's just because Word can't "see" objects in the drawing layer and
consequently can't even see or display the field code, much less unlink the
fields.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Jay Freedman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:e9$(E-Mail Removed)...
> True. I find it very strange, though. Some day I have to ask the dev team
> why the difference exists.
>
> Jay
>
> Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
> > As Cindy points out, the pictures must be In Line With Text for this
> > to work. I just tried it with a linked, wrapped graphic, and it
> > didn't work.
> >
> >
> > "Jay Freedman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:ef5uO$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> leesi wrote:
> >>> Is it possible to convert linked files to embedded files in MS Word?
> >>> I have a document which contains linked photographs. I now need to
> >>> distribute this and would like to embed the original files (unless
> >>> there is an easy way of distributing it along with the original
> >>> files and updating the links accordingly)
> >>
> >> Select the pictures and press Ctrl+Shift+F9, the shortcut for the
> >> Unlink command.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Regards,
> >> Jay Freedman
> >> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
> >> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
> >> newsgroup so all may benefit.
>
>