Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 2007 and 2010. If you are using an earlier version (Word 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Word, click here: Turning On Picture Placeholders.
If you are working with a document that has many graphics, and you don't have the latest and greatest fastest computer, you have probably noticed that Word slows down quite a bit when displaying the graphics. This can be distracting as you lose your train of thought waiting for the screen drawing to catch up to the scrolling.
You can speed up the display of your document by using picture placeholders. This results in Word displaying boxes where your graphics would normally appear. To turn on picture placeholders, follow these steps:
Figure 1. The advanced options of the Word Options dialog box.
WordTips is your source for cost-effective Microsoft Word training. (Microsoft Word is the most popular word processing software in the world.) This tip (8619) applies to Microsoft Word 2007 and 2010. You can find a version of this tip for the older menu interface of Word here: Turning On Picture Placeholders.
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2018-07-04 06:59:46
Read
I checked "Show pictures as placeholders", and it worked, but now every time I start Word this is the default. How do I return to the default setting of Word 2016 starting without this feature checked?
2018-04-05 16:19:35
Robin
oh my gosh THANK YOU!!! I have been going crazy trying to figure this out. I am submitting a 110 page manuscript for self publication and the publisher has required this format and i have been trying for WEEKS to figure it out!
Thank you again!
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