inserting a file as a snapshot (97)

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If you don’t need the information in headers and footers, you can simply copy the page into the clipboard and then use Edit => Paste Special => Picture (with no link).

This is also the only way to make a Word Document almost impossible to edit.

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I have just the opposite — I think — question: Freind who is writing a book has encountered the performance problem resulting from inserting picture files into the Word document. My suggestion for him is to insert a link, not the picture itself, but I am at a loss as to how to do this. (And is this indeed the best approach?)

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To a general picture, yes, although funny things happen with linked pictures (depending on the version of Word).

Assuming that there is a picture file on disk, put it in the same directory as the document using the link (this isn’t necessary, just makes it easier to move everything at once). Insert => Picture => From File will bring up a dialog box. Find and select the picture but do not push any buttons yet! The Insert button has a little down-triangle that you want to click on and have it say “link.”

Upon exploring further, I’m not sure that you can paste as a linked picture!

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Hi arage. Saw your question elsewhere. Here’s some more info for you. I use a litlle program that I love, called SnagIt. It’s a screen-capture utility that works ever so much better than Windows’ print-screen command. You could feasibly do a print preview of your doc. Then take a screen capture of the whole page. Ought to turn out well for you. You can download a trial of SnagIt at http://www.techsmith.com

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thanks Dreamy!

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Hi KT:

I haven’t used SnagIt, but have heard others mention it. Does it have any advantages over IrfanView, if you know?

Thanks,

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Provided that you can get the whole piece of the doc on the screen at once, you can do a screen dump of the selected area using the ALT-Print Screen buttons on your keyboard, then CTRL-C to copy it and CTRL-V to paste it.

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