Hi there,

I upgraded to Office 2013 few weeks ago, so I am still trying to get familiar with the features. Previously, I used the versions 2007 and 2003.

If I am working with a document and I use the commands Insert => Pictures => the program opens the last folder I used to insert pictures or Libraries => Documents, etc. This is how it always worked and it is perfect. But, if I select a picture in my document and use the command Change Picture => the program opens a menu with 3 options (see attached). I know that I can use the first option and browse for the file, but in this way, I need to perform an extra step for each picture. I wrote a technical e-book with 400 pages full of pictures. For contract reasons, I am replacing all the 500 pictures
Is there a way to set the Change Picture menu identical to the Insert Picture menu (this means just going to the last used menu, without Bing or Office.com)


Thank you in advance,

Pat

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Without use the change picture option, I think you'll get the result you're after by selecting the picture you want to change, then simply choosing Insert|Picture.

Of course, if these pictures were all inserted as links, you wouldn't even need to do that. Simply give the new ones the same names as the old ones, then replace all the images in the source folder with the new ones. Done. At most you might need to do a Print preview of the document.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

Hi there,

thank you for your answer!

The problem using "Insert Picture" instead of "Change picture" is the loss of the formatting settings.
In the first version of my e-book, the publisher stated a limit of 10 Mb for the entire document. Now, in this new version, the limit is 100 MB, so I am changing the pictures for the same images with a better resolution, but keeping the settings.

Thank you anyway!

Pat

Unless you need the extra resolution, I'd recommend sticking with the lower-resolution versions. In any event, the maximum resolution supported by Word is 220dpi. For a 4in*3in image, that equates to 880*660 pixels. Anything above that is liable to increase the file size without improving the output.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

Well, things are different with e-books, because the same Word file is converted to different formats, and some of them are suitable for e-readers.
In addition, as it is a technical e-book, lots of images are graphics, with text (i.e. a constructive detail). So the quality is important.
Thank you anyway

Pat