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Is there a way for me to specify only one file where my pictures are located?
I want my pictures only to be drawn from My Documents/My Pictures and no where else on the computer or network. When I went into the Locate Pictures, I couldn't find the option to specify a particular folder. I am using Office 2007. |
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"sopranoiam" wrote in message ... Is there a way for me to specify only one file where my pictures are located? I want my pictures only to be drawn from My Documents/My Pictures and no where else on the computer or network. When I went into the Locate Pictures, I couldn't find the option to specify a particular folder. I am using Office 2007. ??? In the days of old when men were bold before toilets were invented, they laid a load ... Nevermind, different story. Office used to look for pictures in the same folder as the it looked in the last time you went on the search for pictures, or other files for that matter. So, if you navigate to MyDocuments/MyPictures, then the app you are inserting pictures into should always be the one you want. I just opened two files and selected InsertPictureFrom File in the first document and went into a sub-folder of the MyPictures folder, then made the same menu selection from the second document, and the search location automatically came up to be the same location. I closed Word without saving then opened again and the new document's Insert Picture reverted to the MyDocuments/MyPictures folder. I'm using Office '03. |
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"sopranoiam" wrote in message ... Is there a way for me to specify only one file where my pictures are located? POINT OF ORDER Technically, you want to specify a FOLDER where your pictures are located. |
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Try this if you are using Office 2003:
1) Open Word 2) Now point your mouse on the Menu bar and select Tools 3) the last item should be options. Select it 4) One of the tabs should be File Locations. Click on it 5) Click on item called ClipArt Pictures and at the bottom there is an item called Modify 6) Now you can select the folder for this. It works for me so it should work for you as well. sopranoiam wrote: Is there a way for me to specify only one file where my pictures are located? I want my pictures only to be drawn from My Documents/My Pictures and no where else on the computer or network. When I went into the Locate Pictures, I couldn't find the option to specify a particular folder. I am using Office 2007. |
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He's using Office '07. That is clearly stated ...
The DEFAULT location for the Office Suite to look for anything is in the MyDocuments folder or the respective sub-folder if there is one. Clip Art is one exception. I forget at this moment where ClipArt is stored, but unless you move it to your MyPictures folder, I'm not sure you will enjoy the edits you have described. "ANONYMOUS" wrote in message ... Try this if you are using Office 2003: 1) Open Word 2) Now point your mouse on the Menu bar and select Tools 3) the last item should be options. Select it 4) One of the tabs should be File Locations. Click on it 5) Click on item called ClipArt Pictures and at the bottom there is an item called Modify 6) Now you can select the folder for this. It works for me so it should work for you as well. sopranoiam wrote: Is there a way for me to specify only one file where my pictures are located? I want my pictures only to be drawn from My Documents/My Pictures and no where else on the computer or network. When I went into the Locate Pictures, I couldn't find the option to specify a particular folder. I am using Office 2007. |
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It doesn't matter where it is located. You choose the folder where the application should point to when clicked! The default in 2003 was also in MyDocuments and MyPictures is also located in there. Have you tried it? If not I suggest you better try it so that we know your experience of the process. I am not currently sitting on a system with Office 2007 installed but I don't think there is any change from this. hth Jeff Strickland wrote: He's using Office '07. That is clearly stated ... The DEFAULT location for the Office Suite to look for anything is in the MyDocuments folder or the respective sub-folder if there is one. Clip Art is one exception. I forget at this moment where ClipArt is stored, but unless you move it to your MyPictures folder, I'm not sure you will enjoy the edits you have described. "ANONYMOUS" wrote in message ... Try this if you are using Office 2003: 1) Open Word 2) Now point your mouse on the Menu bar and select Tools 3) the last item should be options. Select it 4) One of the tabs should be File Locations. Click on it 5) Click on item called ClipArt Pictures and at the bottom there is an item called Modify 6) Now you can select the folder for this. It works for me so it should work for you as well. sopranoiam wrote: Is there a way for me to specify only one file where my pictures are located? I want my pictures only to be drawn from My Documents/My Pictures and no where else on the computer or network. When I went into the Locate Pictures, I couldn't find the option to specify a particular folder. I am using Office 2007. |
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It matters because ClipArt and pictures are not the same thingl Pictures are
technically files that come through the MyPictures folder and its various sub-folders, just as document files come from the MyDocuments folders and assorted sub-folders. ClipArt is stored in an MSOfffice folder somewhere. It should be in Program Files/Microsoft Office/Clipart. The OP asked how to point Office to his pictures, you told him how to point to clipart. I'm saying that clipart and pictures are different, and if you change the pointer to the clipart, then you have to move the clipart so it is where the pointer says. Pictures by default are searched for in the MyPictures folder. The problem is, pictures that are downloaded or saved from e-mail messages might not go to the MyPictures folder as a matter of default, and therefore will be difficult to locate when it comes time to insert them into an Office file, such as a Word document. "ANONYMOUS" wrote in message ... It doesn't matter where it is located. You choose the folder where the application should point to when clicked! The default in 2003 was also in MyDocuments and MyPictures is also located in there. Have you tried it? If not I suggest you better try it so that we know your experience of the process. I am not currently sitting on a system with Office 2007 installed but I don't think there is any change from this. hth Jeff Strickland wrote: He's using Office '07. That is clearly stated ... The DEFAULT location for the Office Suite to look for anything is in the MyDocuments folder or the respective sub-folder if there is one. Clip Art is one exception. I forget at this moment where ClipArt is stored, but unless you move it to your MyPictures folder, I'm not sure you will enjoy the edits you have described. "ANONYMOUS" wrote in message .. . Try this if you are using Office 2003: 1) Open Word 2) Now point your mouse on the Menu bar and select Tools 3) the last item should be options. Select it 4) One of the tabs should be File Locations. Click on it 5) Click on item called ClipArt Pictures and at the bottom there is an item called Modify 6) Now you can select the folder for this. It works for me so it should work for you as well. sopranoiam wrote: Is there a way for me to specify only one file where my pictures are located? I want my pictures only to be drawn from My Documents/My Pictures and no where else on the computer or network. When I went into the Locate Pictures, I couldn't find the option to specify a particular folder. I am using Office 2007. |
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Jeff Strickland wrote: The problem is, pictures that are downloaded or saved from e-mail messages might not go to the MyPictures folder as a matter of default, and therefore will be difficult to locate when it comes time to insert them into an Office file, such as a Word document. Just tried it. The pictures I receive in an email message GOES to MyPictures by default. There is, of course an option to save somewhere else but the default is My Pictures folder. I also tried saving an image from the webpage and this too points to MyPicture folder. Perhaps your settings have changed somehow. this needs to be looked at closely if it is really serious. |
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"ANONYMOUS" wrote in message ... Jeff Strickland wrote: The problem is, pictures that are downloaded or saved from e-mail messages might not go to the MyPictures folder as a matter of default, and therefore will be difficult to locate when it comes time to insert them into an Office file, such as a Word document. Just tried it. The pictures I receive in an email message GOES to MyPictures by default. There is, of course an option to save somewhere else but the default is My Pictures folder. I also tried saving an image from the webpage and this too points to MyPicture folder. Perhaps your settings have changed somehow. this needs to be looked at closely if it is really serious. If you Right Click the paperclip that indicates an attached file, then select Save Attachment, the result will be a file saved to a location that is not the MyDocuments or MyPictures folder. This is the default operation of Outlook Express. If the OP is storing files in this manner, he will not be able to fine the saved files or images when he wants them. If the attachment is opened and FileSave As is selected, the attached file will go to MyDocuments or MyPictures, as is appropriate for the attached file. None of this matter though because the OP's question was about directing Office '07 to look for pictures in a particular location, but that location is already the location he wants Office to look in. The caveat is, if an Office app is sent somewhere else to look for a picutre or file to Insert, then it will keep looking in that location for all subsequent Insert operations will default to the previous location, no matter what the setting is in ToolOptionsFile Locations. When the Office app is closed, then re-opened, it will first seek files for new Insert operations in the MyDocuments or MyPictures, as is appropriate for the file type to be inserted. |
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