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
    2016-04-25T11:08:49+00:00

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

    This depends on the type of image; useful summary here: http://wordribbon.tips.net/T005964\_Making\_Pictures\_Show\_in\_Word.html

    I've opted to work in Web Layout ... shows images, but without the forced pagination of Print Layout.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-04-25T14:24:57+00:00

    That will show graphics. Frankly there is little justification for working in draft mode with modern PC hardware.

    Mostly. One UC where Print Layout mode is a pain is for a very large doc with many images. Moving text around gets impacted by Word endlessly recalculating wordcount and repaginating.

    Yes, that is just one of many reasons for using draft mode. But let's just keep this between ourselves. Graham is the world's foremost expert on how everyone should use Word. He reminds me of my mother-on-law. You do it his way or you are wrong or stupid.

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  3. Stefan Blom 352.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2016-04-25T15:55:24+00:00

    Moving text around gets impacted by Word endlessly recalculating wordcount and repaginating.        

    If you are saying that repaginating literally goes on forever, then the document is most likely corrupt.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-04-26T04:46:34+00:00

    Graham is the world's foremost expert on how everyone should use Word. He reminds me of my mother-on-law. You do it his way or you are wrong or stupid.

    Like all advice, you are free to ignore it. I like the sound of your mother-in-law, she seems to know what she is talking about.

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-04-26T07:56:43+00:00

    Like all advice, you are free to ignore it.

    I like the sound of your mother-in-law, she seems to know what she is talking about.

    So you admitting that you are a know-it-all like she is, right?

    It really wasn't advice. It was more like a declaration from on high. And completely unrelated to the question, as usual.

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