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Jeuwert
Jeuwert

Reputation: 3

Inserting image to slide with empty placeholder (PowerPoint)

I want to insert a picture to my slide, but if there is an empty placeholder, the picture automatically gets inserted into this placeholder.

Is there a way to tell PowerPoint to avoid empty placeholders when inserting a picture?

Best regards Jesper

Upvotes: 0

Views: 375

Answers (1)

Steve Rindsberg
Steve Rindsberg

Reputation: 14810

Is there a way to tell PowerPoint to avoid empty placeholders when inserting a picture?

No, but you can work around it by inserting your picture, getting a reference to the inserted shape, duplicating it, then deleting the original inserted shape.

The duplicate will be a picture, not a placeholder containing a picture.

That works most of the time; if your needs are more complex and/or you need to preserve the original placeholder, you'll need to add content to any empty placeholders, then insert your picture, then delete the added "bogus" content.

Upvotes: 0

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