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. Anonymous
    2013-08-28T14:46:42+00:00

    Why don't you use OpenOffice?

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-08-28T14:37:00+00:00

    Like you, I deplore the reduction in utility of Draft view in Word 2007 and above compared to Normal view in Word 2003 and earlier. One of my earliest unpleasant surprises was to find that Draft view doesn't reflect the application of character spacing (Condensed) to text. It just isn't as WYSIWYG as Normal view.

     

    That said, you can get a lot of the advantages of Draft/Normal view by using Print Layout view with white space hidden. This gives you the same continuous text stream (without interruption by headers, footers, and page breaks) that you get in Draft view, but you retain the WYSIWYGness of Print Layout view. Since, even in earlier versions, you can't actually place wrapped graphics accurately in Normal view, using Print Layout is ultimately more efficient, anyway.

    OK, I'll give it a try. And I still have my little trick of pasting images from Visio. Although, now that I've brought it to their attention, they'll probably plug that hole.

    When you say "white space hidden", do you mean something more than just double-clicking in the page gap to hide the headers & footers?

    There used to be a "mode" in page view that would suppress the left and right margins, too. They seem to have taken that away as well.

    Clearly we aren't going to change Microsoft. It took IBM 40-50 years to become fully ossified. Microsoft has done it in less than half that time. So I guess it is still good at something. ;-) We may be saved by pressure from OpenOffice.

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  3. Suzanne S Barnhill 279.4K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2013-08-28T14:16:35+00:00

    Like you, I deplore the reduction in utility of Draft view in Word 2007 and above compared to Normal view in Word 2003 and earlier. One of my earliest unpleasant surprises was to find that Draft view doesn't reflect the application of character spacing (Condensed) to text. It just isn't as WYSIWYG as Normal view.

    That said, you can get a lot of the advantages of Draft/Normal view by using Print Layout view with white space hidden. This gives you the same continuous text stream (without interruption by headers, footers, and page breaks) that you get in Draft view, but you retain the WYSIWYGness of Print Layout view. Since, even in earlier versions, you can't actually place wrapped graphics accurately in Normal view, using Print Layout is ultimately more efficient, anyway.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-08-28T13:07:04+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.

    Really? If there is little justification for working in draft layout, then why is it provided?

    I work in draft layout because it is more compact. It has nothing whatsoever to do with hardware.

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  5. Anonymous
    2013-08-28T13:02:38+00:00

    I don't know the specifics in this case, but I suspect it is the accidental result of underlying changes. They probably changed the tool used to display graphics, the "graphics engine".

    If it was accidental, then it's malpractice. This is a multi-billion dollar corporation with a huge QA department.

    But then this is the same corporation that has been releasing bug-riddled software for decades as so meticulously documented by Woody Leonard and others. Some of the bugs go back 4-5 releases. I think a better adjective is "careless" or "arrogant".

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