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Embedded and Linked Images

When you add an image to a Word document, it can be either embedded or linked.

Wimba Create converts embedded images but not linked images.

Embedded image

An image that is stored inside the document with no reference to any external file.

Linked image

An image that remains outside the document, with a pointer in the document linked to the external image file.

If you insert an image into a document in the normal way using Insert/Picture/From File.. , the result will be an embedded image unless you specifically set it to be linked.

If you copy and paste an image into a document, the result will be an embedded image.

All the images in this document are embedded.