microsoft word: rotate photos. Apple: rename photos

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microsoft word: rotate photos. Apple: rename photos

Hello, I am new to apple, and English...
I have two problems:

Microsoft word. I want to rotate a photo inserted in one of my word document, I can see the function "rotate" in the tool box but this is not working. When I click on the rotate option, every options appear in pale gray, and don't seem to be activated. Right click on the rotate function is also coming up with pale gray options....Is rotate photo not activated on my word or is it not possible to rotate a photo with apple on a word document?

Rename photos. I can rename one photo at a time, but I can't rename more than one at the same time??? if I select all the photos I want to rename, i can't find an option to rename all of the selected photos. I found the answer on the support web site for one photo only. Do you know if I can rename many photos at the same time or is it not possible with apple?

Any help would be very appreciated,

many thanks in advance,
Yannick

imac and macbookpro

Posted on Feb 14, 2010 8:33 AM

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Answer 1

rkaufmann87

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Feb 14, 2010 9:00 AM in response to yannick chastang

Yannick,

Welcome to Apple Discussions.

We need to know what version of MS Word you are using and also what application you are using to rename the photos.

Regards,

Roger

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Answer 2

Feb 14, 2010 12:43 PM in response to rkaufmann87

Thanks Roger for helping.

I am using word 2008, version 12.2.3...the latest?

Regarding my photos. I want to rename them from the folder location (don't really know how you call it, the "library"?)) I get access to my photos from: finder... places..my photos...here is my long list of photos (about 36,0000....) My photos are already organised in folders but ideally, I would like to name them and date them individually. I am not a great lover of Iphoto.

Many thanks,

Yannick

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Answer 3

elmac

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Feb 14, 2010 1:03 PM in response to yannick chastang

Hi, in PhotoShop Elements you can -> File -> Process Multiple Files ie. you input your photos into a file then Rename etc & the App will process and put them in a new folder (already chosen by you)..L

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Answer 4

rkaufmann87

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Feb 14, 2010 1:04 PM in response to yannick chastang

Rotate in MS Word 2008 works fine for me so it's possible your installation is corrupt. Below are the steps I used to rotate:

1. With the photo in the MS Word document ensure it's selected.

2. Open the Toolbox

3. Open the Formatting Palette

4. Towards the bottom of that palette locate Size, Rotation, and Ordering and then rotate using that tool.

For your photos I would recommend creating an Automator routine for doing that. Here is a an article that shows how to do it.

Roger

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Answer 5

Feb 14, 2010 5:37 PM in response to rkaufmann87

Dear Roger,

Many thanks for your advices. I tried before in the same way as you describe, and still not working.

Fortunately, I just found the answer......I saved my document as .doc as most of my friend can't open .docx. When saving my document as .doc, the rotate function of window 2008 is not working. If I save the same document as .docx....magic, the rotate function now works find!!!! Don't ask me why. I am just very pleased.

As to your various options offered for changing a batch of files names, I will certainly try.

Many thanks to all of you for such a quick answer.

Regards,

Yannick

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Answer 6

Feb 14, 2010 5:38 PM in response to elmac

Thanks Elmac, I will try.

Yannick

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Answer 7

rkaufmann87

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Feb 14, 2010 5:45 PM in response to yannick chastang

Your welcome and thanks for the star. Good old Microsoft products, not sure why your copy works differently than mine but at least you find something that works.

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