Contrary to what you may have heard, it is not necessary to type HTML codes into your file to hold photos in place. MS Word will do that for you, and embedding images into your MS Word file is very easy.
There are two ways to embed photos into a Word file... Insert Picture From File, and a simple copy and paste; both are explained below.
Insert Picture From File
Menu|File|Insert|Picture|From File
1. Click your cursor at the point in your file where you want the photo inserted:
2. Choose Insert |Picture | From File, from Menu at the top of your screen.
A small window, titled Insert Picture pops up. It displays photos from your default picture directory. Unless you have changed your default, it is My Documents\My Pictures.
4. Click your cursor on the picture you want to insert.
5. Your picture is inserted at the point you clicked in your file in step one.
Copy and Paste a photo into MS Word
Find the photo's filename in your directory, and right-click on the name.
Choose Copy from the dialog box that pops up
Go to the page where you want the image placed, click your cursor at exact place you want the picture placed, and chose Paste.
If you have a lot of images, it's easier and faster to use Microsoft Office Photo Manager.
I'll write about that method in a later post.
I have found that Word 2007 will change inserted image dpi to 96dpi and in the process change the image size in pixels (when outputting html). So it's best to have the inserted image already at 96 dpi.
ReplyDeleteAlso, if you have a wide picture Word may resize it to fit the page when inserting. The way round this is to switch View to 'web page' then insert.
I have word 2010. The previewer does not show the picture I insterted. Is that to be expected>
ReplyDeleteNo, I think it should show.
ReplyDeleteWhich Previewer are you using?
I'll try it myself and report back.