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Old 06-02-2007, 09:04 PM
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Re: MS Word tips
Jim,
I stopped using the insert feature and now copy from the thumbnails and paste to the doc. If you highlight all the pictures when you first insert your chip and choose "resize", it will resize them all at once. i use 640x480 and get two side by side on the report. I think I had to narrow the four columns just a snatch hair to get that.

After I have resized everything here's how I do it because I sometimes can't see the thumbnails.

Right click on any thumbnail.
Highlight "open with"
Choose "MS office picture manager"

From there you can edit however you want. Your photo number is on the screen for reference at the thumbnail. When you save your edits, it automatically changes the thumbnail. I only go to picture manager when I can't see the thumbnail. You can arrow through all the thumbnails as you need to.

It took two or three reports to get used to, but now I could never go back to insert. I used to use pix sparingly because I thought they junked up the report unless absolutely necessary. I got so many comments about how helpful they are that I use them liberally now. I don't think I could have done this using insert feature.

Hope it's helpful.
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