When you need to display a document quickly in Word, you can use image placeholders. Image placeholders are special characters that are used to represent images in a document. When you use an image placeholder, Word will display the image instead of the text that is associated with it. To create an image placeholder, open the Insert tab and select Image Placeholders. In the left pane, select a character to represent an image in your document. For example, if you want to create an image placeholder for a picture, choose Picture from the drop-down list and then click on the OK button. When you use an image placeholder in a document, Word will display the image instead of the text that is associated with it. This means that you can use images more efficiently because there is no need to worry about formatting or making sure that all of your images are displayed correctly.
While the images contained in the document may be an important aspect in the information, sometimes it is just nice to quickly get to the text.
First click on the Office button and go to Word Options.
Next, click on Advanced and scroll down to Show document content. Now place a check next to the box “Show picture placeholders” then OK to close out of Word Options.
Now when Word documents are opened there will be a placeholder where the image would be. This allows the documents to be opened and scrolled through much faster.
To get the images you can go back into advanced options and uncheck “Show picture placeholders” or another option is simply click the View tab then select Full Screen Reading. This will enable the images and allow you to keep the original Placeholders.
This quick tip definitely comes in handy on older machines with less power.
