Re: Pic Placeholders

Yes, inline graphics are visible in Normal view provided you do NOT have
picture placeholders enabled. Generally speaking, inline graphics are
preferred wherever possible because they have less tendency to "wander." Any
attempt to fine-tune the placement of wrapped graphics before text editing
is complete is a waste of time.

Linking graphics can considerably reduce document size, but it makes the
document much less portable.

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"PopS" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Inline, please:
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> : "Picture placeholders" affects only inline graphics.
> ===> Inlines affected would be images set as "inline" in the
> Format|Picture|Layout tab, right? The only place I've used that
> "inline" setting is in the appendixes; all others are set for
> a -wrapped- setting, and some show while others so not
> with -Picture Placeholders- on.
> I wasn't aware of the difference and -Inline- images do indeed
> come and go depending on the Placeholders settings; I checked
> just for grins. But, -wrapped- may or may not react to that
> setting. For me, at least, on my system.
>
> "Drawings" covers
> : wrapped ones. If you work in Normal view, you won't see wrapped
> graphics
> : regardless of the Options setting.
> ===> Does this imply I would see Inline images in Normal?
> I didn't check yet due to time constraints, but it would
> appear, with -Picture Placeholders- turned on, I don't see
> anything but borders where the pictures would be if
> they're -wrapped-, and no space at all for the -Inline- images.
> e.g. none of my -Inline- appendix full page images show in
> Normal View.
>
> : ... Working in Normal view as much as
> : possible is generally recommended for long docs (if you turn
> off background
> : repagination, this helps even more).
> ===> You can't really work in Normal and still work with
> graphics?
> ===> When I'm writing straight text, that works well. I have to
> switch to Print Layout though if there is an image on the page
> and there are many images; probably 35 to 45% of the pages have
> images on them.
> Since they can sometimes jump to unexpected locations, I stop
> and dress up the images about every ten pages or as long as I can
> remember for sure what goes with what. Sometimes I use Tables,
> sometimes I don't; it depends on the situation.
> I use two methods to Insert pictures: Usually I open
> PrintShop Pro and crop/resize/touchup the images, then Copy/Paste
> them into the document. PSP does add a noticeable overhead time
> to some Word operations, but not excessively compared to the
> benefits of using it. I can't really per-size/crop etc. the
> drawings because there are thousands to choose from in each
> folder with only a few that will be used, which isn't known until
> the text shapes up for them. The images are domonstrative tips,
> so to speak.
> It's faster for me to do them one-up this way.
> ===> Pagination doesn't seem to be an issue, but I hadn't thought
> about it. So far it's not getting in the way but once in a blue
> moon when I switch Print Layout.
> ===> I've never noticed any problems due to PSP/Word both being
> open; have you or anyone else reading this? I sometimes notice
> and overlap in activity if I switch to PSP before Word has
> finished its Save but it's only a few seconds' worth and nothing
> untoward has happened in all the years I've done it this way.
>
> For more tips on working with long
> : docs, see http://daiya.mvps.org/bookword.htm
> ===> Good reference; I've downloaded it. Also the link to Bend
> Word to Your Will is pretty good, too.
>
> Hindsight is 20/20, but I think next time I'll try linking all
> the images. In fact, I've been considering ways to convert this
> one to links and see how it works.
> ===> Do you think there is any advantage to linking over
> embedding, other than the final .doc size?
> In the end it doesn't really seem to save much space so I've
> embedded now for years. Back in WD97 I -think- linking made
> things even slower but it's been a long time now.
>
> Thanks for any comments. I'm going to take a look and see what
> my PageFile is doing today.
>
> PopS
>
> --
> A wise monkey is a monkey who doesn't monkey
> with an other monkey's monkey. (stolen; author unknown)
>
>
> :
> : --
> : Suzanne S. Barnhill
> : Microsoft MVP (Word)
> : Words into Type
> : Fairhope, Alabama USA
> : Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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> : all may benefit.
> :
> : "PopS" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> : news:%23kmgy6HtFHA.256@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> : > Easy Q, I think;
> : >
> : > 2.6 GHz, 512 RAM, 7200rpm drives, WinXP Pro SP2+ Word 2002
> both
> : > updated to current fixes.
> : >
> : > As my document reached about 200 pages, it began to slow down
> : > response-wise. No problem, not a big surprise since I have a
> lot
> : > of graphics, although they are sized for presentation in a
> : > document and most used without having to resize. A very few
> are
> : > displayed landscape as whole-page docs.
> : >
> : > When speed began to bug me, thanks to this group, I separated
> the
> : > doc into two, then three, etc., and now have it in 5 logical
> : > pieces; easy to work on.
> : > Periodically I archive and then put it all together as one
> doc
> : > to check the TOC and Outline sensibility and go from there.
> : > About all I've done in Outline View is promot/demote a couple
> of
> : > headings here and there; not much moving around as I started
> from
> : > the Outline. Most work was done in Print Layout View.
> : >
> : > One of the 5 parts is heavy with JPEG graphics, so I turned
> on
> : > Picture Placeholders to speed things up a bit. At first it
> : > didn't seem to work, but then I noticed it was sort of
> working -
> : > some pics were placeholders and others were not. There's no
> : > relation to insert time or version etc. that I can tell.
> Most
> : > graphics simply are still there.
> : > This seems to be a permanent situation and not file
> : > dependent.
> : > Also, after each time things do slow down, the loss of
> speed
> : > remains after I close Word. I have to actually do a Restart
> to
> : > get things back to "normal".
> : >
> : > I was wondering if, in those of you who have experienced
> anything
> : > like this, whether it boils down to:
> : > - page file (1 Gig, on separate physical drive)
> : > - Word corruption
> : > - OS corruption
> : > - ???
> : >
> : > So far I've tired a Word Detect and Repair but only just now
> : > thought about the page file.
> : > Where else would you think would make sense to check?
> : >
> : > TIA,
> : >
> : > PopS
> : >
> : >
> : >
> : >
> : >
> : >
> : >
> :
>
>

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