Storing document’s associated picturesPost .DOCX Source for WordPress

It is more useful to have external links to pictures files rather than embedded in Word documents. Using such links give us:

Pros#

  • Changes in external media automatically show in the document. It allows easy to correct\change media in the future without touching the document.
  • Original file names are preserved when publishing to the site. It influences SEO.
  • One picture can be included in several document parts without increase source content size.
  • Images are preserved its original quality. Very often MS Office products decrease the dimensions of embedded pictures.
  • MS Word doesn’t set ‘alt’ attribute that might unplanned increase SEO keywords count for the page.

Cons#

  • The linked image could be loosen due to file move operation rather than an embedded one.

How to insert linked image#

When inserting new media in the document, choose “Link to file”.

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