Need help with inserting pictures into word

[Debbie25]

Whenever I copy and paste a picture into Word I have to constantly go into the format picture/layout area to set it to "TIGHT" before I can move or size the picture.

Is there a way to set this to default? I already have it set to "TIGHT" in the tools/options/edit area but I still have to do this everytime I paste a picture.

Thanks,
Debbie

 

[Rob2806]

You could change the Normal.dot template to include your amendemnt.

 

[Debbie25]

I'm sorry but I'm not following you. I searched my drive and I don't have a file called 'normal.dot' that would be a default file the Word uses. I could create one and open this file whenever I want to start a new .doc but I don't think that is going to help.

The main problem is:

Whenever I paste a picture and change the format to 'tight', I can then delete that picture and repaste the same picture and I would still will have to go back into the picture format and change it to 'tight' again. The settings will not save.

 

[Rob2806]

Normal.dot is normally found in C:\windows\application data\microsoft\templates

What are you using as the Picture Editor? I have mine set as Microsoft Word. I can't see any of the options you describe.

 

[Debbie25]

My editor is set to Microsoft Word.

Try going to the web and right click on a graphic and select copy. Then go to Word and paste the graphic to a .doc.

Are you able to move or resize that graphic?
I can't. I always have to right mouse click on it and go to 'format picture' then to the 'layout' tab to set it to 'tight' before I can do anything with it.

Now if I go to insert a graphic from a file on my system I have no problem. It must use the default settings that you set by going to tool/options, then edit tab.

I hope there is a way to do this. It gets frustrating having to reset this all the time

Thanks,
Debbie

 

[Rob2806]

Try the following.

Right Click on the graphic.

Use Save as (rather than copy)

Save the file as jpg

Open up Word

Use Insert > Picture > File

Select the name of the file

It will then insert and then you can change the shape any way that you wnat.