Replace an image with another one

Thank you Suzanne. Unfortunately nothing works on this weird image object.
The program that created it only saves files as *.sg which is obviously a
proprietary format.
http://filext.com/file-extension/SG

(Ctrl+Shift+F9) had no effect on it. When I right click on the image, one
of the menu options is "ABC SnapGraphics Object" with 2 sub-options: edit
and convert. Under "convert" the only available option to convert it to "ABC
SnapGraphics Object". I guess Word just does not know what to do with this
weird type of object.

But don't worry. I did the changes I needed to and I will just leave things
the way they are. It is the only image created with this old program. The
publisher used it fine in the first edition; it should work in this one too.
SnapGraphics is an ancient program I once played with because of its unique
way of creating flow diagrams and fortunately it was still installed on my
PC.

Thanks for all your help over the years Suzanne.

Jeff


Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
If you just unlink the OLE object in the Word doc as suggested
(Ctrl+Shift+F9), you should avoid these problems.


wrote in message
...
OK, I copied it and pasted it into my graphic program and saved it
as an image.

Now I am back to problem 1. How do I replace the OLE with this
image. When
I paste the image it covers over the OLE. When I delete the OLE
everything
goes bunkers....

Jeff

Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Sounds like it is an OLE object; note that these do add to the file
size and complexity of the document.


wrote in message
...
Thank you Kara. I think I discovered the cause of the problem. I
am working on a second edition of a book I wrote a few years ago
and because it is a long manuscript, I am working on a copy of the
original Word document and making my corrections on that copy which
I called "2nd edition ....." instead of retyping everything.

Your comment about the toolbar gave me a clue. I know that toolbar
appears whenever i click on other images in the document, but on
this troublesome image it did not. Aha!

So I double clicked on the image and it opened up an ancient
graphics program called ABC SnapGraphics. I usualy create my
images in a true graphic program (PaintShop Pro) but for some
weird reason I had done this one in SnapGraphics, probably because
it was a modification of an image I had used in the past in my
lectures. Any way I just made my changes in ABC SnapGraphics
(which fortunately was still on my computer) and now I do not need
to replace the "image". I guess it was what might be called a linked
image (?) and not a
jpeg or similar.

Jeff

Kara the Computer Tutor wrote:
Hi Jeff,

There's also a trick to moving pictures around. I don't have Word
2002, but I have 2003, and I'm sure it's very similar:

1. Click on the new photo you've inserted to highlight it.

2. Look for the picture toolbar somewhere one your screen. If it's
not there, click on View, then Toolbars, then Picture.

3. To the right of the Picture Toolbar is an icon with a little
dog in it. Click on it.

4. Click on either "In Front of Text" or "Behind Text." It doesn't
matter which.

5. Now you should be able to move your picture wherever you want
it to go on your page.

Kara
http://www.karathecomputertutor.com



" wrote:

Using Word 2002 in XP
I hate to ask a stupid question, but is there a way to replace an
existing image in a Word document with a different one? The
reason I as is because when I delete the present one and then
insert the new one, the new image goes into a different location
and covers the text below it, etc. Is there a trick to doing
this so the new image goes where the old one was?

Jeff

Okay, sorry that didn't work. Something that might have (though perhaps not
satisfactorily) would have been to copy the image and then use Edit | Paste
Special | As Picture.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

wrote in message
...
Thank you Suzanne. Unfortunately nothing works on this weird image
object. The program that created it only saves files as *.sg which is
obviously a proprietary format.
http://filext.com/file-extension/SG

(Ctrl+Shift+F9) had no effect on it. When I right click on the image, one
of the menu options is "ABC SnapGraphics Object" with 2 sub-options: edit
and convert. Under "convert" the only available option to convert it to
"ABC SnapGraphics Object". I guess Word just does not know what to do
with this weird type of object.

But don't worry. I did the changes I needed to and I will just leave
things the way they are. It is the only image created with this old
program. The publisher used it fine in the first edition; it should work
in this one too. SnapGraphics is an ancient program I once played with
because of its unique way of creating flow diagrams and fortunately it was
still installed on my PC.

Thanks for all your help over the years Suzanne.

Jeff


Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
If you just unlink the OLE object in the Word doc as suggested
(Ctrl+Shift+F9), you should avoid these problems.


wrote in message
...
OK, I copied it and pasted it into my graphic program and saved it
as an image.

Now I am back to problem 1. How do I replace the OLE with this
image. When
I paste the image it covers over the OLE. When I delete the OLE
everything
goes bunkers....

Jeff

Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Sounds like it is an OLE object; note that these do add to the file
size and complexity of the document.


wrote in message
...
Thank you Kara. I think I discovered the cause of the problem. I
am working on a second edition of a book I wrote a few years ago
and because it is a long manuscript, I am working on a copy of the
original Word document and making my corrections on that copy which
I called "2nd edition ....." instead of retyping everything.

Your comment about the toolbar gave me a clue. I know that toolbar
appears whenever i click on other images in the document, but on
this troublesome image it did not. Aha!

So I double clicked on the image and it opened up an ancient
graphics program called ABC SnapGraphics. I usualy create my
images in a true graphic program (PaintShop Pro) but for some
weird reason I had done this one in SnapGraphics, probably because
it was a modification of an image I had used in the past in my
lectures. Any way I just made my changes in ABC SnapGraphics
(which fortunately was still on my computer) and now I do not need
to replace the "image". I guess it was what might be called a linked
image (?) and not a
jpeg or similar.

Jeff

Kara the Computer Tutor wrote:
Hi Jeff,

There's also a trick to moving pictures around. I don't have Word
2002, but I have 2003, and I'm sure it's very similar:

1. Click on the new photo you've inserted to highlight it.

2. Look for the picture toolbar somewhere one your screen. If it's
not there, click on View, then Toolbars, then Picture.

3. To the right of the Picture Toolbar is an icon with a little
dog in it. Click on it.

4. Click on either "In Front of Text" or "Behind Text." It doesn't
matter which.

5. Now you should be able to move your picture wherever you want
it to go on your page.

Kara
http://www.karathecomputertutor.com



" wrote:

Using Word 2002 in XP
I hate to ask a stupid question, but is there a way to replace an
existing image in a Word document with a different one? The
reason I as is because when I delete the present one and then
insert the new one, the new image goes into a different location
and covers the text below it, etc. Is there a trick to doing
this so the new image goes where the old one was?

Jeff

Please don't be sorry. It's not your fault and you have been a tremendous
help for a long time. Things are fine now.

Jeff

Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Okay, sorry that didn't work. Something that might have (though
perhaps not satisfactorily) would have been to copy the image and
then use Edit | Paste Special | As Picture.


wrote in message
...
Thank you Suzanne. Unfortunately nothing works on this weird image
object. The program that created it only saves files as *.sg which is
obviously a proprietary format.
http://filext.com/file-extension/SG

(Ctrl+Shift+F9) had no effect on it. When I right click on the
image, one of the menu options is "ABC SnapGraphics Object" with 2
sub-options: edit and convert. Under "convert" the only available
option to convert it to "ABC SnapGraphics Object". I guess Word
just does not know what to do with this weird type of object.

But don't worry. I did the changes I needed to and I will just leave
things the way they are. It is the only image created with this old
program. The publisher used it fine in the first edition; it should
work in this one too. SnapGraphics is an ancient program I once
played with because of its unique way of creating flow diagrams and
fortunately it was still installed on my PC.

Thanks for all your help over the years Suzanne.

Jeff


Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
If you just unlink the OLE object in the Word doc as suggested
(Ctrl+Shift+F9), you should avoid these problems.


wrote in message
...
OK, I copied it and pasted it into my graphic program and saved it
as an image.

Now I am back to problem 1. How do I replace the OLE with this
image. When
I paste the image it covers over the OLE. When I delete the OLE
everything
goes bunkers....

Jeff

Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Sounds like it is an OLE object; note that these do add to the
file size and complexity of the document.


wrote in message
...
Thank you Kara. I think I discovered the cause of the problem. I am
working on a second edition of a book I wrote a few years
ago and because it is a long manuscript, I am working on a copy
of the original Word document and making my corrections on that
copy which I called "2nd edition ....." instead of retyping
everything. Your comment about the toolbar gave me a clue. I know
that
toolbar appears whenever i click on other images in the
document, but on this troublesome image it did not. Aha!

So I double clicked on the image and it opened up an ancient
graphics program called ABC SnapGraphics. I usualy create my
images in a true graphic program (PaintShop Pro) but for some
weird reason I had done this one in SnapGraphics, probably
because it was a modification of an image I had used in the past
in my lectures. Any way I just made my changes in ABC
SnapGraphics (which fortunately was still on my computer) and
now I do not need to replace the "image". I guess it was what
might be called a linked image (?) and not a
jpeg or similar.

Jeff

Kara the Computer Tutor wrote:
Hi Jeff,

There's also a trick to moving pictures around. I don't have
Word 2002, but I have 2003, and I'm sure it's very similar:

1. Click on the new photo you've inserted to highlight it.

2. Look for the picture toolbar somewhere one your screen. If
it's not there, click on View, then Toolbars, then Picture.

3. To the right of the Picture Toolbar is an icon with a little
dog in it. Click on it.

4. Click on either "In Front of Text" or "Behind Text." It
doesn't matter which.

5. Now you should be able to move your picture wherever you want
it to go on your page.

Kara
http://www.karathecomputertutor.com



" wrote:

Using Word 2002 in XP
I hate to ask a stupid question, but is there a way to replace
an existing image in a Word document with a different one? The
reason I as is because when I delete the present one and then
insert the new one, the new image goes into a different
location and covers the text below it, etc. Is there a trick
to doing this so the new image goes where the old one was?

Jeff

Thanks. I just keep looking for the simplest, most elegant solution.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

wrote in message
...
Please don't be sorry. It's not your fault and you have been a tremendous
help for a long time. Things are fine now.

Jeff

Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Okay, sorry that didn't work. Something that might have (though
perhaps not satisfactorily) would have been to copy the image and
then use Edit | Paste Special | As Picture.


wrote in message
...
Thank you Suzanne. Unfortunately nothing works on this weird image
object. The program that created it only saves files as *.sg which is
obviously a proprietary format.
http://filext.com/file-extension/SG

(Ctrl+Shift+F9) had no effect on it. When I right click on the
image, one of the menu options is "ABC SnapGraphics Object" with 2
sub-options: edit and convert. Under "convert" the only available
option to convert it to "ABC SnapGraphics Object". I guess Word
just does not know what to do with this weird type of object.

But don't worry. I did the changes I needed to and I will just leave
things the way they are. It is the only image created with this old
program. The publisher used it fine in the first edition; it should
work in this one too. SnapGraphics is an ancient program I once
played with because of its unique way of creating flow diagrams and
fortunately it was still installed on my PC.

Thanks for all your help over the years Suzanne.

Jeff


Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
If you just unlink the OLE object in the Word doc as suggested
(Ctrl+Shift+F9), you should avoid these problems.


wrote in message
...
OK, I copied it and pasted it into my graphic program and saved it
as an image.

Now I am back to problem 1. How do I replace the OLE with this
image. When
I paste the image it covers over the OLE. When I delete the OLE
everything
goes bunkers....

Jeff

Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Sounds like it is an OLE object; note that these do add to the
file size and complexity of the document.


wrote in message
...
Thank you Kara. I think I discovered the cause of the problem. I am
working on a second edition of a book I wrote a few years
ago and because it is a long manuscript, I am working on a copy
of the original Word document and making my corrections on that
copy which I called "2nd edition ....." instead of retyping
everything. Your comment about the toolbar gave me a clue. I know
that
toolbar appears whenever i click on other images in the
document, but on this troublesome image it did not. Aha!

So I double clicked on the image and it opened up an ancient
graphics program called ABC SnapGraphics. I usualy create my
images in a true graphic program (PaintShop Pro) but for some
weird reason I had done this one in SnapGraphics, probably
because it was a modification of an image I had used in the past
in my lectures. Any way I just made my changes in ABC
SnapGraphics (which fortunately was still on my computer) and
now I do not need to replace the "image". I guess it was what
might be called a linked image (?) and not a
jpeg or similar.

Jeff

Kara the Computer Tutor wrote:
Hi Jeff,

There's also a trick to moving pictures around. I don't have
Word 2002, but I have 2003, and I'm sure it's very similar:

1. Click on the new photo you've inserted to highlight it.

2. Look for the picture toolbar somewhere one your screen. If
it's not there, click on View, then Toolbars, then Picture.

3. To the right of the Picture Toolbar is an icon with a little
dog in it. Click on it.

4. Click on either "In Front of Text" or "Behind Text." It
doesn't matter which.

5. Now you should be able to move your picture wherever you want
it to go on your page.

Kara
http://www.karathecomputertutor.com



" wrote:

Using Word 2002 in XP
I hate to ask a stupid question, but is there a way to replace
an existing image in a Word document with a different one? The
reason I as is because when I delete the present one and then
insert the new one, the new image goes into a different
location and covers the text below it, etc. Is there a trick
to doing this so the new image goes where the old one was?

Jeff

Sorry clipped the URL: http://tinyurl.com/d8kwec
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
If you select the picture and then use Insert | Picture | From File, the
new one should replace the old one in the same position and at the same
size. In Word 2007, it's even easier: right-click and choose Change
Picture.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

wrote in message
...
Using Word 2002 in XP
I hate to ask a stupid question, but is there a way to replace an
existing
image in a Word document with a different one? The reason I as is
because
when I delete the present one and then insert the new one, the new image
goes into a different location and covers the text below it, etc. Is
there a trick to doing this so the new image goes where the old one was?

Jeff