In Microsoft Word how can I link to an image from the web which updates?

Question

Is it possible in Microsoft Word (Word 2003 preferably) to insert an image from a url and have that image reloaded from url each time that document is opened?

The image itself is a map, and I’d like the map to be reloaded from the server each time the Word document is opened so that the most recent image is displayed.

Answer

• Go to Insert – Quick Parts – Field…
• In Field Names, select
  “InsertPicture”.
• In the field
  “Filename or URL”, put the URL to
  your image.
• Check “Data not stored in
  document”. And eventually the 2
  “Resize…” checkboxes if the size of
  the online image can change.

That should do the trick.

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