If I was writing a book about one of my ancestors and wanted to include 50 images in my text, what w
I have the images in chronological order:
Peters, Gus, 1865 description of image
Peters, Gus, 1866 description
Peters, Gus, 1867
Peters, Gus, 1870 and so forth
Is there a way that I can just drop them into Word (or another program) and then write my text around them? I don't want to have to insert images individually. I am looking for a quick fix.
Does anyone have any ideas?
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Word allows you to select MULTIPLE images on the "insert pictures" option (even though most people are inserting one image at a time)
you can insert as many images as you want (at a time) - you may have to play with it to see what order they get placed in.
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I didn't know that I would answer my own question! This is a super fast way to do this though!
Inserting Multiple Graphics in a Document
- Place the insertion point at the place in the document where you want the graphics inserted.
- Display the Insert tab of the ribbon.
- Click the Picture tool. Word displays the Insert Picture dialog box.
- Use the controls in the dialog box to locate the folder that contains the images.
- Press Ctrl+A. ...
- Click Insert.
I can see so many ways to use this when writing a family story! If I always label my images with a set pattern, I can insert the images and write the story so that it follows my timeline. I try to always use the individual's name and follow it by a year, and then details of the image.
Example, if my images were titled something like this:
Peters, Gus 1860 Census (with location and other details)
Peters, Gus 1865 Theater article
Peters, Gus 1870 Census
Peters, Gus 1872 Home in ____ state, historic photo
Peters, Gus 1873 Newspaper article (details of newspaper)
Peters, Gus 1880 Marriage to _________
When I labeled my images, I try to give them the citation information so that I could find them again. Many of my images are from newspaper clippings, so the actual image title might be something like this:
Peters, Gus, 1865, Canterbury, New York Clipper 9 Sept 1865, Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections
Using this technique, I could drop all 50 images into my Word document. Everything is sorted in timeline order, so I can just start writing the story. This also helps me to be able to trace my ancestor around the country and know where I might look for other records. Gus was a performer and did some amazing things. Just a few years ago, I knew nothing about him. Now, I could write a book about his adventures.
My latest claim to fame: According to a newspaper article, my 3rd great grandfather was carried on the back of Charles Blondin as he crossed Niagara Falls on a tightrope! Who would have thought that! I was so excited to tell my kids.
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yep that works great!
or you can selectively choose the images while holding down the CTRL key
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I knew how to insert one or two at a time, but I am super excited to realize that as long as I put the images in date order that I can drop the whole file into a document. I have always hated writing a bit of the story, and then searching for the image, inserting it, and going back to the story.
Being able to drop everything in chronologically, or close to being in the right order, will be wonderful. Maybe I should consider using the month in the image name too!
Example:
Peters, Gus, 1880 May 4, Census Location and other info
Oh the books I can write now! I can't wait for the weekend. I have so many people that I have wanted to write about and so many images. I just didn't know how to get such a quick head start on the story.
When I started doing family history, I didn't have any photos and had very little information. Over the years I have accumulated a lot of information. Writing about different individuals has become my go to activity during this Covid time. This process is going to speed things up immensely! Yes, I am excited.
Did everyone else know that they could do this? Or is this new information to you too?
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yes - the CTRL A function comes in very handy in many different scenarios. I use it almost daily.
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I do in many situations, but I didn't realize that I could move that many images with the click of my finger TO a word document. Isn't it funny what we don't know that we can do until we try?
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you can also do something very similar in uploading images to FS Memories albums
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My next question: What is the best way to bring the citation information over with the images? I can go back to my list of images and add the information as a label to each image. What are my other options?
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in my work - I usually make the citation, as well as any description and labeling part of the digital image itself:
examples:
https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/60350586?cid=mem_copy
http://yanceyfamilygenealogy.org/ai_0036_final.jpg
most especially if the image will exist independently outside of the document. What good is any image file - if I dont know what it is.
I dont want to have to rely on some secondary entity to provide the info needed about whats in the photo.
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You should be able to do all this in Word, but I think you'll face a learning curve. Word can be very frustrating and it's good to know someone well skilled in it. I speak from experience...😟 You can do it! One step at a time!
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It just depends
the nice thing about Word - is its a program that anyone in the business world
and/or many other areas - probably use daily - we are already familiar with it.
and dont have to learn something new.
but for a person for which the program is new - just like anything new - yet it can be frustrating at times.
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For me it was just a sudden realization that I could add all the photos from a file at one time. I think I had thought that it would overload the computer. I probably tried and failed with this idea when computers had brains with less capability than a thumb drive.
For years, I have added the photos one by one. I'm shaking my head that I didn't think to move a whole folder into a document before. I mean, we know that we can throw them back and forth from folder to folder or onto a thumb drive. I remember before I had word that I was using Open Office and it could not handle enough information in a document. I was trying to "write a book" and information would disappear. I remember being so frustrated. We have so much more available now.
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