Can't Select Picture

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I made the mistake of inserting a picture behind the text. I have created a document that is complicated in terms of it's formating. I need to go in and remove that picture that I first inserted. There is no way to "select" it because it is behind everything

Is there any way to get the "selection" back so that I can delete the picture?
 
Did you put the image in the "Header" If so, click the "View" menu, select
"Header and Footer". Can you select it here and delete it?

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Ted said:
I made the mistake of inserting a picture behind the text. I have created
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a document that is complicated in terms of it's formating. I need to go in
and remove that picture that I first inserted. There is no way to "select"
it because it is behind everything.
Is there any way to get the "selection" back so that I can delete the
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picture?
 
Put up the drawing toolbar and use the white pointer to select the image.

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Display the Drawing toolbar and click on the Select Objects tool (large
white arrow at the left end). This will enable you to click on drawing
objects without touching text.

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Ted said:
I made the mistake of inserting a picture behind the text. I have created
Click to expand...
a document that is complicated in terms of it's formating. I need to go in
and remove that picture that I first inserted. There is no way to "select"
it because it is behind everything.
Is there any way to get the "selection" back so that I can delete the
Click to expand...
picture?
 
Outstanding. Very quick response, thank you. The image was not part of the header so the second solution worked for me. I put up the "drawing toolbar" and used the white pointer just like you said. I would point out that the "white pointer' was found under the drawing toolbars "add/remove buttons". It is not enabled by default and was called "select multiple objects" as opposed to pointer. Worked just fine though. Thank you very much.
 
I guess there are some differences between Word versions here. It is
certainly a default in the most recent versions.

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The Select Objects tool has been a default button on the Drawing toolbar for
as long as it has existed. Select Multiple Objects is a different button.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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Ted said:
Outstanding. Very quick response, thank you. The image was not part of
Click to expand...
the header so the second solution worked for me. I put up the "drawing
toolbar" and used the white pointer just like you said. I would point out
that the "white pointer' was found under the drawing toolbars "add/remove
buttons". It is not enabled by default and was called "select multiple
objects" as opposed to pointer. Worked just fine though. Thank you very
much.
 
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