How to show or hide picture placeholders in Word?
Using picture placeholders in a document can speed up to open the document, when the document contains too many pictures. This tutorial will show you how to show picture placeholders instead of pictures in a Word document.
Show or hide picture placeholders using Word Options
Show or hide picture placeholders in Word with Kutools
Note: The "Show Picture Placeholders" option has been removed in recent versions of Microsoft Word, including Word for Microsoft 365. If you cannot find this option in your Word settings, it may no longer be available in your version.
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Show or hide picture placeholders using Word Options
Step 1: Click File > Options.
Step 2: Click Advanced located left of Option window, check or uncheck Show picture placeholders in Show document content to show or hide picture placeholders in document.
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Show or hide picture placeholders in Word with Kutools
With Kutools for Word, users can quickly show or hide picture placeholders in document, and other document content.
1. Please apply the utility by clicking Enterprise > Display Setting. See screenshot:
2. Check or uncheck Picture Placeholders in the Display Setting dialog to show or hide the picture placeholders, see screenshot:
You can see the result as shown as below:
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