Default Picture Format

Question

Is there any way to set default specifics for pictures that are dragged-and-dropped into a word for mac 2008 document?  I appraise commercial real estate and a large majority of the objects I paste into the document are subject photographs, and resizing them and I have to resize and add a border for every one I paste.  If it could automatically format the pics to my specs each time, I would save a huge amount of time.  Thanks for any help!

Answer 1

This is for Word 2011:

1. Format the pictures like you want, place them where you need them.
2. Select a picture.
3. Select Format > Picture > Layout > Advanced > Position and enable "Placeholder."
4. After that, just drag a new picture and drop it over the old one.

And here's the Word 2008 equivalent.

Answer 2

You probably already have at least one image editing program. I'd suggest that you investigate its capabilities -- perhaps it even handles batch operations. Graphics apps are designed to do what you're looking for.

In my experience it's usually best to prep the images before sticking them into a word processing program document.

Answer 3

You'd probably have to write an Apple script to do that and it would be a bit complex.

Another alternative is change to Office 2011 for the Mac and then pickup a copy of an add-in app called DOC-Tools. It inserts multiple pictures from a folder, resizes and borders them, selectively or all at one time.