Rose B

This must be you I see driving around then. I think your ladder may be blocking more than your cell phone reception. [:-crazy]

Actually, it wasn't Mike - it was me. More inflammatory - yes. Funny? Hmm...

Mike and Rose at DevWave Software would like to thank Mike O. and the members at TIJ for their on-going participation and support. We wish you all success in your endeavors in 2008!

Actually, Word saves the default for that session only. The next time you open Word you have to do that all over again. Not if you save it to a template. Hmm - I couldn't reproduce that. What version of Word do you do that in? Of course! I'm not saying that Mark's software doesn't format the pictures in his template. So does INSPECTEXPRESS. But this product works for those Word users that aren't already using someone's inspection software package. It's great helper for writing any kind of report at all. And it goes further by offering a lot of different options for the type of picture (wrapped or in-line etc), picture placement and adding borders.

Absolutely! Word lets you set a default photo path once then always returns to it unless you change your Word properties. That's another annoying 'Wordism' isn't it? Picture Drop always remembers the last folder you used. You can toggle the 'Insert' button on your keyboard so that your keystrokes replace the character (which in their case is the underscore) that is there.

Actually, Word saves the default for that session only. The next time you open Word you have to do that all over again. Picture Drop saves the setting permanently. It's not that the option isn't there in Word - you can click on the picture you have just formatted and select 'Save As Default'. That doesn't mean it saves the picture size, position, borders etc for the next time though. Did you actually try it or just notice that the option appears to be there [] No, it doesn't do a batch drop. You have to click on each image individually, although you don't need to re-open any windows to do so. Do you cross reference your photos? To insert images at the end of each section (or report) instead of including them in the report text, you can automatically cross-reference them with Picture Drop. Insert one of our template pages where you want the grouped photos to be placed. Click on the sentence related to the photo where you want the cross reference to be and then double click the related picture on the floating form. The picture is inserted into the template and a cross reference label and caption are automatically created from the sentence you selected. Rose Balden DevWave Software Inc.

Thanks for the feedback Al! For those who don't have a 5th grader with time on their hands to help complete their reports, here's a quick comparison of the steps to insert and format a picture with and without Picture Drop. To insert a formatted and word-wrapped picture in a paragraph using Word alone - follow these steps: 1) Click on the paragraph in the Word document where you want your picture inserted. 2) Select Insert->Picture-> From File from the Word menu. 3) Browse to the folders where your pictures are located and select the picture to insert. 4) Right click the inserted picture and select 'Format Picture' 5) Click the 'layout' tab and select the wrapping style. Apply. 6) Grab the handles on the picture and resize. 7) Drag the picture to the position in the paragraph where you want it. Select Format->Borders and Shading from the Word menu. 9) Select the line style and shading preferences and apply. Now move to the next paragraph and repeat. Are all your final pictures the same size and aligned perfectly to the right or left and top of the paragraph? Now with Picture Drop using the toolbar menu: 1) Click anywhere on the paragraph in the Word document where you want your picture inserted. 2) Select Insert Image->Word Wrap File Image from the toolbar. 3) Browse to the folders where your pictures are located and select the picture to insert. Now move to the next paragraph and repeat. All pictures are the same size and aligned perfectly to the right or left and top of the paragraph with your default borders and shading applied. Now the same with Picture Drop using the floating Quick Picture Drop form: 1) Click Insert-Image->Picture Drop Manager to open the 'Quick Picture Drop' form. 2) Ensure the form is reading from your correct picture directory. 3) Now for each picture to insert, place your cursor anywhere in the paragraph in your document and double-click the picture displayed in the form viewer. Again, all pictures the same size and aligned perfectly to the right or left and top of the paragraph with the formatting applied. And there is more... Is it worth the price of admission? We'll leave that to you to decide... Rose Balden DevWave Software Inc.

DEVWAVE SOFTWARE INC. September 2007 DevWave Picture Drop is a new toolbar add-in for Microsoft Word that inserts and format images in your documents without the extra steps to format, position and resize! Originally only available as a component of our INSPECTEXPRESS Home Inspection Software, this handy tool is now available to anyone using Microsoft Word 2000 or later. Images can be inserted and formatted in one easy step from either the toolbar or our floating 'Quick Picture Drop' form that displays images from any directory specified. Picture Drop also lets you save your own settings for arrows, text boxes, circles and rectangles so it's even quicker to annotate your images. Available for only $42.95 US! Visit DevWave Picture Drop for Word to purchase and download now!

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