Dragging pictures into word

[Cueless]

Hi, in Excel I can drag a picture from a web page and have it show. However,
when I drag a picture from a web page into Word, it shows up as a link to
the picture, not the actual picture itself. Is there any way to change this?
Thanks.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Ctrl+Shift+F9 to unlink it.

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[Cueless]

Thanks, that unlinks it, but the picture still doesn't show, just the text.

 

[Luc]

Cueless,
Have you checked in Tools - options - view tab - section show - whether
'Picture Placeholder' has been checked if so uncheck it.

 

[Cueless]

It was unchecked. It shows the same behavior either way. Thanks anyway.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

What text?

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[Stefan Blom]

A (now unlinked) URL?

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Possibly. For the picture to be displayed, the computer would have to be
connected to the Internet, and I suppose the picture would have to be
displayed when unlinked for this to work. Perhaps just Alt+F before
Ctrl+Shift+F9?

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[Stefan Blom]

Unlinking should work even with field codes displayed. Of course, this
assumes that the link created when dragging is in fact to a picture!

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[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi D.Ball,

When you drag the picture does the cursor pointer arrow show a plus sign or a shortcut arrow on it?

If it's a plus sign, and you're seeing text if the text is showing "Includepicture..." try Alt+F9 to toggle the field codes.

If it's showing a shortcut arrow then the picture on the web page is likely tied to a hyperlink and what you're dragging is the
hyperlink.

If you copy the picture from the web page (right click and copy) and use Edit=>Paste Special into Word and choose a format other
than the default 'HTML' you should be able to avoid the (intentional default) linking effect, although you may need to use
Edit=>Paste Special, Cut then Edit=>Paste Special again if you need a file format other than Bitmap graphic.


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Thanks, that unlinks it, but the picture still doesn't show, just the text. >>

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[Cueless]

Yes, it was as simple as copy and paste. Not even Paste Special. I guess the
reason I was confused was that you can just drag the pictures into Excel.
Thank you very much and thanks everyone for the help.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

That's what I thought, and this makes sense, along with Bob's explanation.

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