Word allows you to search not just for text, but also for special characters that normally do not print. One of these special characters is a marker indicating where a picture is inserted in your document. To search for graphics, follow these steps:
Figure 1. The expanded Find tab of the Find and Replace dialog box.
Unfortunately, while you can search for graphics, you cannot easily replace one graphic with another. There is a way to work around this, however. You can replace one graphic with another by following these steps:
Figure 2. The expanded Replace tab of the Find and Replace dialog box.
If the graphic you copied in step 2 was originally inserted with the "Link to File" option selected, the graphic inserted by the replace command will also have this attribute. Likewise, if you resize the graphic before performing these steps, the graphic inserted by the replace command will retain the dimensions of the resized graphic.
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2016-08-12 02:48:36
Katrina
Hi,
Is there a way of finding and replacing just selected images on a file and not all of them?
Thanks.
2015-07-31 20:52:14
J Tessier
Is there a way to find a graphic in a word doc by name (first need to be able to tell what word is referencing the graphic as, as well). I want to find all "New" graphics and remove them and mark my new sections as new. Let me know if you have a suggestion. Thanks!
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