Word should allow making a macro for formatting an imported EPS

When turning on the macro recorder, I have discovered that the tools
associated with formatting an imported picture are turned off. I
consistently import full-page EPS images, to be positioned and sized to fit
the page. The settings I need are the same, every time. Frustrating that I
can't record this in a macro.

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dcarva
Wed Nov 16 19:17:02 CST 2005

Yeah, I have also desired this. But I use this as a workaround:

'---I first select the graphic after I insert it
Selection.MoveLeft Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1, Extend:=wdExtend
Selection.InlineShapes(0).Height = 67
Selection.InlineShapes(0).Width = 50

"Color Atlas" wrote:

> When turning on the macro recorder, I have discovered that the tools
> associated with formatting an imported picture are turned off. I
> consistently import full-page EPS images, to be positioned and sized to fit
> the page. The settings I need are the same, every time. Frustrating that I
> can't record this in a macro.
>
> ----------------
> This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
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Ed
Thu Nov 17 09:35:43 CST 2005

You should be very careful about cropping and resizing photos inside Word.
You are much better off using a photo editing program (*not* Word!) to
adjust the size and resolution of the photo ~~before~~ you import it. Word
saves a lot of metadata when you import - and then saves more when you make
even the slightest adjustment. Making the adjustments first outside of Word
will save you lots of document size.

I also work with photos a lot as a reports writer. After a lot of
frustrations, I did some searching through the
microsoft.public.word.drawing.graphics newsgroup, and came up with some
new-to-me information that has saved me some headaches.
Here's some stuff I found:
Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles:

Office 2000 Products -

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/272399/

Office XP Products -

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320314



Other links:

http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0401&L=word-pc&P=R12807)

http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0404&L=word-pc&D=0&P=16636

http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0407&L=word-pc&P=R7356&m=24459

http://www.ncl.ac.uk/iss/docs/pdf/AW02.pdf

http://www.dansdata.com/graphics.htm


HTH
Ed

"Color Atlas" <Color Atlas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F895C9E5-8CFE-47F6-BF7C-11232A6D4DEE@microsoft.com...
> When turning on the macro recorder, I have discovered that the tools
> associated with formatting an imported picture are turned off. I
> consistently import full-page EPS images, to be positioned and sized to
fit
> the page. The settings I need are the same, every time. Frustrating that
I
> can't record this in a macro.
>
> ----------------
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> suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
> Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
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>
>
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dcarva
Thu Nov 17 09:57:10 CST 2005

Thanks for the links. I will check them out. But cropping the images would
not work for me because we have a website that has thousands of pics. I don't
want to spend the time cropping pictures for something I only need to run 2-3
times a year. But, I will read your links and see what I can learn from them.
Thanks!

"Ed" wrote:

> You should be very careful about cropping and resizing photos inside Word.
> You are much better off using a photo editing program (*not* Word!) to
> adjust the size and resolution of the photo ~~before~~ you import it. Word
> saves a lot of metadata when you import - and then saves more when you make
> even the slightest adjustment. Making the adjustments first outside of Word
> will save you lots of document size.
>
> I also work with photos a lot as a reports writer. After a lot of
> frustrations, I did some searching through the
> microsoft.public.word.drawing.graphics newsgroup, and came up with some
> new-to-me information that has saved me some headaches.
> Here's some stuff I found:
> Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles:
>
> Office 2000 Products -
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/272399/
>
> Office XP Products -
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320314
>
>
>
> Other links:
>
> http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0401&L=word-pc&P=R12807)
>
> http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0404&L=word-pc&D=0&P=16636
>
> http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0407&L=word-pc&P=R7356&m=24459
>
> http://www.ncl.ac.uk/iss/docs/pdf/AW02.pdf
>
> http://www.dansdata.com/graphics.htm
>
>
> HTH
> Ed
>
> "Color Atlas" <Color Atlas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F895C9E5-8CFE-47F6-BF7C-11232A6D4DEE@microsoft.com...
> > When turning on the macro recorder, I have discovered that the tools
> > associated with formatting an imported picture are turned off. I
> > consistently import full-page EPS images, to be positioned and sized to
> fit
> > the page. The settings I need are the same, every time. Frustrating that
> I
> > can't record this in a macro.
> >
> > ----------------
> > This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
> > suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
> > Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
> this
> > link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
> > click "I Agree" in the message pane.
> >
> >
> http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=f895c9e5-8cfe-47f6-bf7c-11232a6d4dee&dg=microsoft.public.word.vba.general
>
>
>