Working with blocked graphics
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This function allows you to unblock a graphic in your document so that you can subsequently update it again. For data security reasons, graphic objects are locked or "blocked" when they are updated if their size or proportions no longer match the original graphic object.
Blocking a graphic
- Insert a graphic into your Word document.
- If you want to change the graphic size or proportions (see the following example screenshot) while working in your document, you can make these adjustments at any time using the integrated image size function, as is familiar in Word:
- In addition, your graphic will be marked with an orange hint in the Graphic Manager, indicating that the graphic has the status "Blocked".
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You can unblock the image at any time using the Unblock function in the Graphics group of the Graphics manager ribbon. |
- If you now select this graphic and want to update it using the "Update" function in the "Content" ribbon in the "Graphic" group, the graphic will not be updated because it is still blocked (if you have not previously executed the "Unblock" function). In addition, the graphic gets a narrow magenta-colored border that gives you a visual hint about currently blocked graphics:
- Now you can execute the "Unblock" function in the "*Content" ribbon in the "Graphics" group.
- A dialog appears. Click "Yes" here. The graphic will then be restored to its original state.
See also
Insert graphics into Word
The graphics manager
Graphics manager – the update functions
Settings in Word – graphics