inserting Thumbnail into Word doc

S

schumacher

I'm trying to insert a thumbnail of a document for readers to reference if
they want more information on a subject. I do not want to insert a
hyperlink. If I insert a object/file I get all of the text of the document
inserted.
 
R

Ronx

First make an image of the document - open the document for editing,
then press Alt+PrtScn
Open your favourite graphics program and paste.

You now have a full size image of the document.
Use the graphic editor to resize the image to thumbnail size and save.
If this is for a web page save as a .jpg

The thumbnail can now be inserted into the web page, or (as your subject
suggests) into your Word document.
 
S

schumacher

This is a working solution for today, but sometimes these documents can be
pages long. a JPEG is not a long term solution
 
R

Ronx

You will have to specify exactly what you are trying to do. A thumbnail
is a picture - it can only be a picture of what can be seen on the
screen, though there are screen capture programs that will capture the
entire document in an image - but the resulting image may be huge.

Perhaps you want a précis or description of the document? In that case
you would have to write it yourself.

If the thumbnail is to go in a Word document (as opposed to web page)
you may get better answers by posting the question in a forum or
newsgroup that deals with Word, rather than this FrontPage newsgroup
which is for web site editing.

--
Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (Expression)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.

http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp
 
T

Tom [Pepper] Willett

Since this is a FrontPage newsgroup, you should probably ask in a Word
newsgroup.
--
Tom [Pepper] Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
---------------------------
: This is a working solution for today, but sometimes these documents can be
: pages long. a JPEG is not a long term solution
:
: "Ronx" wrote:
:
: > First make an image of the document - open the document for editing,
: > then press Alt+PrtScn
: > Open your favourite graphics program and paste.
: >
: > You now have a full size image of the document.
: > Use the graphic editor to resize the image to thumbnail size and save.
: > If this is for a web page save as a .jpg
: >
: > The thumbnail can now be inserted into the web page, or (as your subject
: > suggests) into your Word document.
: >
: > --
: > Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (Expression)
: > Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
: >
: > http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp
: >
: >
: >
: >
: > : >
: > > I'm trying to insert a thumbnail of a document for readers to
reference if
: > > they want more information on a subject. I do not want to insert a
: > > hyperlink. If I insert a object/file I get all of the text of the
document
: > > inserted.
: >
: >
 
A

Andrew Murray

If you want a summary of a longer document, perhaps you just need to
copy/paste the first paragraph of that document and put it where you want
it - on a summary précis type page.

However, you will still need a hyperlink to let the user "jump to" the full
document - which would require a hyperlink.
 

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