How do you replace or update an embedded image?

[Guest]

I really need to be able to click an embedded image and, like in Freehand or
Illustrator, be able to select a new image that will be in the same place and
the same size. I hate that I always have to place every image from scratch
and size it EVERY TIME. I can't just update or replace an embedded image.

I also need my images to be embedded so the presentation is self-contained,
so just placing linked images and using an add-in to update linked images
automatically won't help me.

Is there ANY WAY to do what I need? Is there an add-in? Or something I'm
missing somewhere, built into the software? I'm using Office X for Mac.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I really need to be able to click an embedded image and, like in Freehand or
Illustrator, be able to select a new image that will be in the same place and
the same size. I hate that I always have to place every image from scratch
and size it EVERY TIME. I can't just update or replace an embedded image.

I also need my images to be embedded so the presentation is self-contained,
so just placing linked images and using an add-in to update linked images
automatically won't help me.

Is there ANY WAY to do what I need? Is there an add-in? Or something I'm
missing somewhere, built into the software? I'm using Office X for Mac.

There are a couple of ways around this but they're all Windows-specific.

But the code here:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q241378&

should work even on Mac PPT. It deletes any linked pictures and replaces them
with an embedded version of the same picture. You'd have to keep a separate
copy of your original presentation with links intact, then use this macro to
"finalize" a version of the presentation by embedding the pictures.

Not exactly the perfect solution but perhaps one that's workable.

Note: despite its platform-neutral name, this is a mostly Win-centric newsgroup.
Posting here is fine and we'll all help to the extent we can, but most of us
are not very Mac fluent. There's also microsoft.public.mac.office.powerpoint
where the Mac PPT folks hang out. You might want to post there too.