If you are using Word 2007, click Officeicon, and then click Word Options; If you are using Word 2010, click Filetab, and then click 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. You can also set the display mode for a content control by using the Word 2013 object model (discussed later in New Word 2013 content control object model members). The default rendering for content controls in Word 2013 is to preserve the look of content controls as they appear in Word 2007 and Word 2010; that is, as a bounding box. Unable to use picture format options because they are grayed out I have been using Word 2010 for several months and consider myself an advanced user. Recently, I have experienced difficulty with positioning images that I insert into Word documents. Microsoft Word (2019, 2016, or Microsoft 365) can help you design virtually every kind of professional document - from a simple office memo to a Kindle e-book. But sometimes you could use a bit of extra oomph in your Word documents. That’s where a roster of excellent and mostly free Microsoft Word add-ins can help. Open your Word 2016 document, in the upper ribbon, hit Insert and select your preferred Word Art formatting. Enter your text and hit on F ormat. Select Shape effects drop down box and in the 3-D Rotation, select 3-D Rotation options.
| Workable Solutions | Step-by-step Troubleshooting |
|---|---|
| Fix 1. Show hidden images in a Word | Click 'File' > 'Options' in Word. Click 'Advanced' on the left pane, uncheck 'Show picture placeholders'...Full steps |
| Fix 2. View hidden texts in Word | Click 'File' > 'Options' in Word 2013/2010 (for Word 2007, click Office button > 'Word Options')...Full steps |
| Fix 3. Recover hidden Word/photos | Unhide a Word Document in File Explorer. Or recover hidden Word with data recovery software...Full steps |
Q: Pictures not showing in Word, how to find hidden images in Word document?
'I have a four-page Word document with several images inserted. When I opened it this morning to see only white rectangles instead of pictures in the Word. Why are my pictures not showing up in the Word document? Are they hidden? How to show hidden images in a Word?'
Images or texts not showing in a Word document happens from time to time because they are hidden intentionally or unintentionally. This article shows you a detailed guide on how to show hidden images and texts in a Word document. What’s more, If you want to recover hidden Word documents and photos on Windows PC and laptop, you can use an ultimate data recovery tool to help you make it effortlessly.
How to Find Hidden Images/Pictures in Word
When you can't see a picture or image in a Word document, you can try the tips below to find hidden pictures or images.
Step 1: Open your Microsoft Office Word > 'Word Options' in Word 2007. (Click 'File' > 'Options' in Word 2016/2013/2010.)
Step 2: Click 'Advanced' on the left pane, uncheck 'Show picture placeholders' under Show document content. Then you should be able to see your hidden images or pictures in Word document again.
How to hide images in a Word document?
Sometimes you need to insert pictures in Word to supplement the text message. On the contrary, sometimes, when you just want to scroll and read text quickly, they can become an additional obstacle. In this case, you can hide pictures in your Word document with the 'Show picture placeholders' feature. using the same steps above.
How to View Hidden Text in Word Document
If you've hidden some text lines in a Word document, or some content was set to hide in Word, is it possible to show the hidden text content? How? You'll find two options for showing hidden text in Word 2016/2013/2010/2007. (If you are using an older version of Word, please find more solutions from Microsoft Office support team or Google.)
Method 1. Show Hidden Text in Word 2016
The first way is to view the hidden text from Print settings.
Step 1. Open the Word document in Word 2016 in which you have hidden text.
Step 2. Go to 'Print' settings and select 'Page Setup'.
Step 3. Go to 'Paper'settings, click 'Print Options...'.
Step 4. In Display, check'Print hidden text' and click 'OK' to save changes.
By doing so, those hidden texts will only show up in the Print preview window. But still hidden in Word document. If you want to unhide text in Word 2016, follow the below tips.
Step 1. Press Ctrl + Ato select all content in Word document.
Step 2. Right-click on content and select 'Font...'.
Step 3. Click the 'Hidden' box twice, uncheck it and click 'OK' to save changes.
Now you can see all hidden content displaying in your Word document again.
Method 2. Display Hidden Text in Word 2013/2010/2007
Step 1. Click 'File' > 'Options' in Word 2013/2010. For Word 2007, click Office button > 'Word Options'.
Step 2. Click 'Display' at the left pane. Check and uncheck the Hidden text box, leaving it empty.
Step 3. Click 'OK' to save all changes.
How to Recover Hidden Word Document/Photos in Windows 10/8/7
In this part, we'll provide you with two reliable methods for recover hidden Word documents in Windows computer or external storage devices. Let's see how to do it now.
Method 1. Unhide a Word Document in File Explorer
For Windows 10/8/8.1 users:
Step 1. Type file explorer in the Search box and select 'File Explorer'.
Step 2. Select 'View' > 'Options' > 'Change folder and search options'.
Step 3. In 'Folder Options', select 'Show hidden files, folders, and drives' under Hidden files and folders. Also, uncheck Hide extensions for known file types. Click 'Apply' to save all changes.
For Windows 7 users:
Step 1. Open Windows Explorer by clicking 'Start' > 'Computer'.
Step 2. Click 'Tools' > 'Folder Options' > 'View'.
Step 3. Under the View tab, select 'Show hidden files, folders, and drives' below Hidden Files and Folders. Uncheck Hidden extensions for known file types and apply the changes. By doing so, you see all file extensions, and it will help you quickly locate the hidden Word documents or pictures.
Method 2. Recover Hidden Word Documents and Photos with Data Recovery Software
If you can't view hidden Word documents, pictures, audios, videos, or other files in File Explorer, there is still a great chance to restore hidden files by using professional file recovery software - EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard. This competent and user-friendly data recovery program allows you to fully scan computer or storage devices, finding all existing, lost, formatted, and hidden files with two scanning modes - Quick Scan and Deep Scan.
In addition to restoring normally deleted files, EaseUS file recovery software also enables you to recover permanently deleted files in HDD, SSD, USB flash drive, SD card, pen drive, external hard drive, etc. Download and install it on your PC, then follow the guidelines below to restore your hidden Word document or pictures within three steps.
Step 1. Launch EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard. Hover on the hard drive partition, external hard drive, USB flash drive, or memory card on which you want to show hidden files, and then click 'Scan'.
Step 2. Wait until the quick scan and deep scan completes. After then, you can look for the hidden files in the scan results by going to the original path from the left-side tree-view pane, or use the 'Filter' feature quickly display only one category, like Pictures, Word, Excel, Videos and so on.
Step 3. You can choose to preview the found files before doing a final recovery. If you have no problem with the preview result, click 'Recover' and choose a location on another drive to save the recovered files. By doing so, you can make the hidden files show up again.
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What Are Content Controls?
Content controls are bounded and potentially labeled regions in a document that serve as containers for specific types of content. Individual content controls can contain content such as dates, lists, or paragraphs of formatted text. In some cases, content controls might remind you of forms. However, they are much more powerful, flexible, and useful because they enable you to create rich, structured blocks of content. Content controls enable you to author templates that insert well-defined blocks into your documents. Content controls enable you to:
Specify structured regions in a template. Each structured region has its own unique ID so that you can read from and write to it. Examples of types of structured regions (or content controls) are combo boxes, pictures, text blocks, and calendars.
Determine the behavior of content controls. Each content control takes up a portion of a document and, as the template author, you can specify what each region does. For example, if you want a region of your template to be a calendar, you insert a calendar content control in that area of the document, which automatically determines what that block of content does. Similarly, if you want a section of a template to display an image, create a picture content control in that area. In this way, you can build a template with predefined block types.
Restrict the ability to modify content controls within a document. Each content control can be restricted, so that it cannot be deleted or edited. This is useful if, for example, you have copyright information in a template that the user should be able to read but not edit. Or, as another example, you can also lock a content control that you have placed within a template document so that a user does not accidentally delete the content contained in the content control. This makes templates more robust than in previous versions.
Map the contents of a content control to data in a custom XML part. For example, if you insert plain text content controls into cells of a table of stock prices, you can map the content controls in the table cells to nodes in an XML file that contain the current stock prices. When the prices change, an add-in can programmatically update the attached XML file, which is bound to each plain text content control, and the new, updated prices automatically appear in the table.
The easiest way to create a content control is through the user interface (although you can also create them programmatically). To create a content control through the user interface (UI), select the content that you want to turn into a content control (for example, some text or a picture) and then choose the content control type you want from the content controls section of the Developer ribbon. This creates a content control around the selected content.
Content Controls in the Word Object Model
The following table shows the objects in the Word object model that relate to content controls.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| ContentControl | Each ContentControl object represents an individual content control within a document. Use the ContentControls collection to access individual ContentControl objects. |
| ContentControls | You can use the ContentControls properties of the Document, Range, and Selection objects to access the collection of content controls. You can also use the SelectContentControlsByTitle method and the SelectContentControlsByTag method of the Document object to access a ContentControls collection that includes specific content controls that all have the same title or tag value. |
| ContentControlListEntry | When a content control is a drop-down list or combo box, the ContentControlListEntry object represents individual items within the list. |
| ContentControlListEntries | Use the DropdownListEntries property of the ContentControl object to access all the items in an individual drop-down list or combo box. |
Each of these objects or collections has methods and properties that allow you to work with the content controls both individually and as a collection. Because there are various types of content controls (see the following section 'Types of Content Controls'), the ContentControl object has members that might not apply to all the different types of content controls. The following table shows those properties and methods of the ContentControl object that only apply to certain types of content controls.
Note
For a complete list of all properties and methods of the ContentControl object, see Content Controls.
| Property/Method | Applies To |
|---|---|
| BuildingBlockCategory property | BuildingBlock Gallery content controls (wdContentControlBuildingBlockGallery) |
| BuildingBlockType property | BuildingBlock Gallery content controls (wdContentControlBuildingBlockGallery) |
| DateDisplayFormat property | Date content controls (wdContentControlDate) |
| DateDisplayLocale property | Date content controls (wdContentControlDate) |
| DateStorageFormat property | Date content controls (wdContentControlDate) |
| DropdownListEntries property | Combo box and drop-down list content controls (wdContentControlComboBox and wdContentControlDropdownList) |
| MultiLine property | Plain-text content controls (wdContentControlText) |
| Ungroup method | Group content controls (wdContentControlGroup) |
| SetCheckedSymbol method | Check Box content control (wdContentControlCheckBox) |
| SetUncheckedSymbol method | Check Box content control (wdContentControlCheckBox) |
Types of Content Controls
There are eight different types of content controls that you can add to a document, each of which is represented in a new enumeration called WdContentControlType.
| Content Control Type | Description | WdContentControlType Constant |
|---|---|---|
| A checkbox. | wdContentControlCheckBox | |
| Calendar | A date-time picker. | wdContentControlDate |
| Building Block | Enables the user to choose from specified building blocks. | wdContentControlBuildingBlockGallery |
| Drop-Down List | A drop-down list. | wdContentControlDropDownList |
| Group | Defines a protected region of a document that users cannot edit or delete. A group control can contain any document items, such as text, tables, graphics, and other content controls. | wdContentControlGroup |
| Combo Box | A combo box. | wdContentControlComboBox |
| Picture | A picture. | wdContentControlBlockPicture |
| Rich Text | A block of rich text. | wdContentControlRichText |
| Plain Text | A block of plain text. | wdContentControlText |
Content Control Events
In addition to the properties and methods available with the content control object model in Word, you can also use several events that allow you to run code when adding or removing a content control or when a user edits a content control. The following list describes each of the events and when the event code runs. All of these events are members of the Document object.
| Event Name | Description |
|---|---|
| ContentControlAfterAdd | Occurs after adding a new content control to a document. This event runs whether the user adds the content control by using the tools in the UI or adds them by using code. |
| ContentControlBeforeContentUpdate | Occurs before Word updates the content in a content control. |
| ContentControlBeforeDelete | Occurs before a user deletes a content control. This event runs whether the user deletes the content control by using the tools in the UI or deletes them by using code. |
| ContentControlBeforeStoreUpdate | Occurs before Word updates the contents of a content control from data in the document's data store. |
| ContentControlOnEnter | Occurs when a user enters a content control. |
| ContentControlOnExit | Occurs when a user exits a content control. |
Working with the Code
Whether you want to add a content control, delete a content control, or access and manipulate existing content controls, you can do it with code. The following sections are just a few samples of what you can do.
Adding a Content Control
As mentioned previously, there are eight different types of content controls that you can add to your documents. Use the Add method of the ContentControls collection to add a content control to a document. The following example adds a date picker to the active document and sets the date value to the current date.
You can use the same basic construction to add any of the different types of content controls to a document.
Adding a Title to a Content Control
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Use the Title property to add a title to a content control. This is text that users see, and it can help them to know what type of data to enter into the content control. The following example adds a new plain-text content control to the active document and sets the title, or display text, for the control.
Modifying Placeholder Text to a Content Control
Placeholder text is temporary text. It can be a simple one-word or two-word description (similar to the title) or it can be a more thorough description (such as numbered steps). Modifying the placeholder text is the same regardless of the type of content control or the expected contents of the content control. The following example adds a drop-down list to the active document, sets the placeholder text for the control, and then fills the list with the names of several animals.
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These are just a few of the ways that you can use the object model to manipulate content controls in your documents. For more examples, see the How To section.
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