Inserted Pictures are in Descending Order

I have a collection of pictures (image1, image2, image3, etc) in a folder.  They are sorted in ascending alphabetical order.  When I insert them into a Word document (Insert > Picture > From File), I select all the images and click the Insert button.  The images are then inserted into my document in ascending order.

 

However, when my coworker inserts them into a Word document, they are in descending order.  Why is this happening?  We are using Win XP / Word 2003.

I just experienced the same issue your coworker experienced--images in descending order, contrasting to the order in Windows Explorer.

What I did: I used the insert>pictures option rather than copying/pasting and the order was sorted in an ascending form.

Thank you, but we've tried that.  The images are not inserting in the order that they are listed.  We are baffled.

As the pictures appear in the opposite order in the explorer windows when you insert the pictures in Office applications it appears in the same order. Change the order of the picture in explorer and then try to insert the pictures and check if it helps.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306554

The pictures would appear in the same form as they appears in the explorer.

Is the explorer view in your coworker's machine setup correctly? Also check if the same issue occurs when inserting into other Office applications.

Thank you for your response.

The pictures are appearing in the opposite order of their appearance in my co-worker's folder.

Our machines were made from the same image, so they should be set up the same.

I haven't tested her machine, but Inserting the pictures into my PowerPoint stacks them on top of each other on one slide with Image1 on the bottom. 

Insering them into an Excel spreadsheet stacks them in one location with image1 on the bottom.

The pictures would appear in the same form as they appears in the explorer.

Is the explorer view in your coworker's machine setup correctly? Also check if the same issue occurs when inserting into other Office applications.