Copy and paste pictures from one doc Layout options Word 2010

Hi Daniel,

Thanks for chiming in. I'm working on a large project that requires me to copy and paste over 500 pictures. from source documents where the pictures are all set to In Line With Text. I need them to reside in the new document as Top and Bottom. I paste them using Ctrl+V. I assume that because my global option is set to Top and Bottom, I can avoid the convoluted process of Paste Special each time.

If Ctrl+V won't work when the global option is set to Top and Bottom, why have the option in the first place? Word has more similar annoyances such as setting numbered list indents with the styles paragraph dialog box. The indents never stick, so why have the option in the first place? But I digress.

I must point out that in my previous Word 2007 program, the global setting for placing pictures worked perfect with Ctrl+V as a pasting method (although the numbered list indents didn't).

It seems there are many neat features from Word 2007 that are missing in Word 2010. They are removed or simply don't work as well as they did in Word 2007! I thought newer versions were supposed to be true upgrades.

As a general thought, Word is a great tool for a single, stand-alone document. It's when you bring another document into the mix that everything falls apart. I don't see why when you bring content from another document, it can't play nice and just blend in with the existing document. Instead, the two mix like oil and water, and very few global options work correctly.

Thanks......Lee

This is one of Word's oddities, but it should be easy enough to work around. Use a macro to paste the graphic e.g.

Sub PasteGraphic()
    On Error GoTo ErrHandler
    Selection.PasteSpecial Link:=False, _
                           DataType:=wdPasteBitmap, _
                           Placement:=wdFloatOverText, _
                           DisplayAsIcon:=False
    Exit Sub
ErrHandler:
    Beep
    MsgBox "Copy the image to the clipboard!", vbCritical, "Paste Special"
End Sub

This will respond to the settings you have in Word options.

http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm   

Graham and Stefan--thanks!

I often wonder what users would do if people like you either refused or didn't know how to fix these issues. Isn't this what updates are supposed to do? Or are updates only made to protect us from security issues? I suppose fixing buggy software gets in the way of outrageous profit and obscene executive compensation packages.

Is it size and market share that allows MS to constantly dodge the bullet? Large corporations are not immune to bankruptcy, especially with the speed of emerging market sources. For reference, I give you modern day Detroit--what's left of it.

Thanks again guys...now where is that post about reverting to Word 2007? Word 2010 is junk!

- Lee

Do you have any further ideas, Daniel? You seemed anxious to help earlier.

You're the first support engineer to have answered my concerns. Perhaps my comment about buggy software and how MS constantly ignores important issues that users need fixed, struck a nerve. I would love to hear your comments, since you're much closer to the heart of the MS business plan than any of us.

You people have a wonderful product--when it works. Other companies fix things when they're broken. Perhaps if users from forums like this worldwide, each kicked in one dollar, it would be enough to pay MS to fix all the bugs :). 

I know the purpose of this forum is to help users, not to consistently bash MS. For me, it's bashing MS when I'm wrong. Fortunately, I have the truth on my side. End of rant. Thanks for listening.

- Lee

Hi Suzanne,

I see your name all over the Internet for MS products, and you're most helpful :)!

I agree with you 100 percent. The members here are most knowledgeable. To be honest, I've never received a response from an SE. I was intrigued when I saw his title. If Daniel chimed in, I guess my question was a real dome scratcher.

I just wish MS would buckle down for once and fix some of the more annoying bugs. Users can find ways around the minor knit-picky stuff. I'm certainly not the only out there who suffers from these major bugs!

I own a lot of Yamaha and Honda products. They stand behind all their goods and services. Looks like Japan lost the battle but won the war!

Thanks for chiming in.

- Lee

Suzanne, you're the best. Many thanks.

It will be interesting to see what comes of it. I speak for dozens of technical writers who use Word every day to make a living.

Gee, if they fix this issue, perhaps they'd be willing to take on the image object lasso problem (when a graphic is built outside a canvas). In Word 2007, we can capture an image and all the callouts without the inconvenience of using a canvas. That is removed from Word 2010 based on MS using a brand new graphics engine that doesn't support that property. And yet, the same graphics engine is used in Power Point, but you CAN capture all objects outside the canvas. The Selection pane is well...a real pain. :)

- Lee