The Insert Picture dialog box in Office XP programs always opens in Thumbnails view (301459)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office XP
  • Microsoft Excel 2002
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
  • Microsoft Publisher 2002
  • Microsoft Word 2002
This article was previously published under Q301459

SYMPTOMS

When you try to insert a picture by using any of the programs listed at the beginning of this article, the Insert Picture dialog box always defaults to Thumbnails view.

CAUSE

The Insert Picture dialog box is designed to always open in Thumbnails view.

RESOLUTION

Service pack information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Office XP. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

307841 How to obtain the latest Office XP service pack

Hotfix information

How to obtain the hotfix

This issue is fixed in the Office XP Post-Service Pack 2 Hotfix Package . For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

823975 Office XP Post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: August 10, 2003

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, after the Insert Picture dialog box opens, switch to the view that you want. Or, you can use the following Visual Basic for Applications macro code in Microsoft Word to switch the view when you open the Insert Picture dialog box.

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290140 How to run sample code from Knowledge Base articles 

Sub InsertPicture()
'
' InsertPicture Macro
' Inserts a picture from a graphics file.
' Sets the View to (D)etail with SendKeys.
'  View choices [change last Sendkey Letter].
'    D - (D)etails view
'    G - Lar(g)e Icon view
'    L - (L)ist view
'    M - S(m)all Icon view
'    R - P(r)operties View
'    V - Pre(v)iew View
'    T - (T)humbnails View

  SendKeys ("%L{LEFT}D")
   Application.Dialogs(wdDialogInsertPicture).Show

End Sub
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:4/7/2006
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