inserted files   

I know this sounds convoluted, but currently, the only way I've figured out 
how to send someone a table grid with files inserted (imagine different 
requested forms that need to be filled out, and each form has its own line in 
a table, with a column for name, a column for comments, and a column for the 
actual file), is to do the following:

Get the file into MS Outlook
copy/paste the file from MS Outlook (assume it's put into a task first) into 
the Word grid spot.

Logic is that if I don't get it into Outlook, it seems to paste in as the 
actual content of the file, not as an attachment inside the table grid.  And 
I don't see an option otherwise in Word ('07) to insert file.  Just see 
clipart and others, but not a file as a file goes.

Any help on whether this is the only option that exists?

-- 
Boris

date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:06:01 -0700   author:   BorisS

RE: inserted files   

If you are saying that you want to insert an icon that links to a file, do 
the following: Click Insert tab | Object | Object. On the Create from File 
tab, specify the file name (or use the Browse button to search for the file). 
Before clicking OK, choose the "Display as icon" option.

-- 
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"BorisS" wrote:

> I know this sounds convoluted, but currently, the only way I've figured out 
> how to send someone a table grid with files inserted (imagine different 
> requested forms that need to be filled out, and each form has its own line in 
> a table, with a column for name, a column for comments, and a column for the 
> actual file), is to do the following:
> 
> Get the file into MS Outlook
> copy/paste the file from MS Outlook (assume it's put into a task first) into 
> the Word grid spot.
> 
> Logic is that if I don't get it into Outlook, it seems to paste in as the 
> actual content of the file, not as an attachment inside the table grid.  And 
> I don't see an option otherwise in Word ('07) to insert file.  Just see 
> clipart and others, but not a file as a file goes.
> 
> Any help on whether this is the only option that exists?
> 
> -- 
> Boris

date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:52:00 -0700   author:   Stefan Blom