How to get images to display in draft layout?

Anonymous
2013-08-28T00:11:44+00:00

If I paste an image into a Word document, it is only visible in print layout (page mode), not in draft layout (normal view).

But, if I first paste it into Visio and then paste that image into Word, it is visible in both layouts.

I could not find a way to attach a Word document, so I created a screen shot as a JPG. I couldn't get that to upload (I kept getting "The connection was reset"), so I created a shared DropBox folder containing both the Word document and the JPG image. Here's the link:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/o9ah4faeul14sq8/6CQUKgWs47

If I select the first image, I see square handles. If I click on the second image, I see round handles. Clearly, these images are being stored in different formats.

My question is : How can I get all images to display in both print and draft layout?

The "Show picture placeholders" option is not checked.

Thanks

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  1. Stefan Blom 352.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2014-06-17T18:26:23+00:00

    You are welcome.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-06-17T14:00:59+00:00

    Note that you can hide headers and footers in recent versions of Word, even in Print Layout view. See my reply to DavidEM47 in this thread.

    Hey, that's perfect; exactly what I have been looking for. I should have read through this thread more carefully. Thanks for taking the time to reply to my question!

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  3. Stefan Blom 352.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2014-06-17T07:44:28+00:00

    Note that you can hide headers and footers in recent versions of Word, even in Print Layout view. See my reply to DavidEM47 in this thread.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-06-17T00:23:27+00:00

    I understand your preference. I used to work that way too.  Sorry there is no simple answer to your question.

    I have switched to mostly Web view in 2010, alternating with Outline view.  I actually set up a couple of macros and keyboard shortcuts to make switching easier.

    If you want to maintain approximate margins, you can do that by adjusting the width of the application window.  I also have rotated my "widescreen" monitor into "Portrait" orientation to show more of my document content. Actually I was working with a dual monitor setup, portrait and landscape, until my laptop monitor when .its up.

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-06-16T23:00:20+00:00

    I do not work for nor speak for Microsoft. Their programming decisions are their own and the new means of displaying graphics does not allow them to be displayed in draft mode. It was their design choice.

    Why not work in Print Layout mode? That will show graphics. Frankly there is little justification for working in draft mode with modern PC hardware.

    I work in Draft mode as I want to edit continuous text without the page headers and footers appearing and interrupting the flow. But, of course, it is important to see the embedded images.

    I tried the web view but the width of the page on a wide monitor causes problems with this (in web view there is no defined width of the page whereas there is with draft view). 

    Draft mode is perfect, if there was a way to see the images.  Or another mode or option to not have the heading and footing displayed while editing.

    Any suggestions are welcome.

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