Help with web page links in word created web pages

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I am creating a small web page in word and I am having a problem with inserting images. The images I want to insert are located on another server and I would like my web page to display the images and not make a link to them. When I try and insert an image Word wants me to locate the image on my hard drive and does not give an option for an off site image. How do I do this?

Dave
 
This infuriating habit of Word's is what finally sent me to FrontPage.
Actually, provided you don't try to use relative links, you can be
successful. Edit the hyperlink to have the exact (full) path of the image on
the hosting server and Word will not change it. This was the compromise I
had to reach: images would not be displayed in my copies of my Web pages on
my computer unless I was online, but at least they displayed correctly in
the pages on my Web site.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Fairhope, Alabama USA

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Dave said:
I am creating a small web page in word and I am having a problem with
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inserting images. The images I want to insert are located on another server
and I would like my web page to display the images and not make a link to
them. When I try and insert an image Word wants me to locate the image on my
hard drive and does not give an option for an off site image. How do I do
this?
 
A suggestion that was made here or elsewhere is to include the link in a
QUOTE field in hopes that Word wouldn't tamper with it, i.e. {
INCLUDEPICTURE { QUOTE "http://.../img.jpg" } }. It also is supposed to help
to remove the \* MERGEFORMATINET switch, but I find that it keeps coming
back.

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

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Dave said:
I have tried using the full path to the web image ie. (
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http://........../img.jpg) but Word downloads the file to temp and then
makes a link to the c:\temp\img.jpg file not the http:// link. :-(
 
A suggestion that was made here or elsewhere is to include the link in a
QUOTE field in hopes that Word wouldn't tamper with it, i.e. {
INCLUDEPICTURE { QUOTE "http://.../img.jpg" } }. It also is supposed to help
to remove the \* MERGEFORMATINET switch, but I find that it keeps coming
back.
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I have seen suggestions to turn off Tools | Options | General tab |
Web Options button | "Update links on save". This keeps Word from
tossing in the "\* MERGEFORMATINET" switch, which seems to be what
triggers Word to mess with the links.

Bob S
 
Apparently that was a bum steer. It's since been reported that *enabling*
that option is what is required. <sigh>

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

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