If the picture you want doesn’t appear in Word’s Insert Picture dialog box but you know that it’s really there, open the Files of Type drop-down list shown in Figure 9-33 to verify that Word supports the format. If your picture format isn’t supported, there are several possible reasons.

The most popular picture format used by most digital cameras is JPG, which stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group (so if you didn’t know before, you do now). Word 2007 comes with a converter that supports .JPG files. Other Word 2007–supported popular formats include .GIF, which is heavily used on the Internet (because of support for transparent backgrounds, which makes such images better suited for web page design), .PNG, .WMF, and .BMP. Note that the latter two are natively supported by Word and do not require special converters.

Which formats are supported by your installation of Word depends on several things. Several graphics converters are installed as part of Office 2007’s Shared Features. Other converters installed by other programs might also be available. If you had Office 2000 or Office XP installed on your computer and upgraded to Office 2007, additional converters possibly were installed as well.

If your file uses any of the formats that come with Office 2007 but they don’t show up in the Insert Picture dialog box, then it’s probable that you didn’t install all of the converters. To add the missing converters, from Windows Control Panel, run Add or Remove Programs (Windows XP) or Programs?Installed Programs (Windows Vista), and locate Microsoft Office 2007. The precise name depends on which flavor of Office 2007 you have.

Click Change?Add or Remove Features?Continue. Expand Office Shared Features?Converters and Filters?Graphic Filters. Click the drop-down arrow by Graphic Filters and choose Run All from My Computer. While you’re here, you might want to install all of the text filters as well. You never know when
they might come in handy. Click Continue and follow any instructions (which might or might not include inserting the original Office 2007 DVD or CD). When you’re done, go back and check whether your picture format is now supported.

If your file format isn’t supported natively by Word 2007, try searching for a “converter pack” on Microsoft’s support site for Office and see what you can find. Choose Office?Word Options?Resources?Check for Updates. Once there, type converter pack in the Search box, and click Go. At this writing, several are listed.

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