Cannot select and delete imported image file

[Stuart Rogers]

On 23/03/2011 9:20 AM, Timothy DeWees wrote:
> I am working with a document where a former employee attempted to import
> some image file (jpg) into anchored frames that I had set up in the
> template document. This person was a novice with framemaker. The images
> obviously were not correctly imported into the anchored frames, because
> they will move out of the anchored frame if text is added/deleted, etc.
> I thought, no problem, I will just delete the images and import them
> correctly into the anchored frame. The problem is that I cannot select
> the images in order to delete them. They were obviously imported by
> reference, since if I remove the image source files, frame will give me
> a dialogue saying that the files are missing and a gray box appears. But
> I simply cannot find a way to select the images in order to delete them
> and re-import them correctly. Any suggestions? The person who originally
> imported these is not available, so I cannot ask him how he did the
> import. Thanks in advance for your help.
>

Hi Timothy,

The image may be behind the text frame.  Try clicking outside the text 
frame so that nothing is selected, and then repeat the Esc o n command 
(= select (o)bject (n)ext) a few times.  If it works, you'll see sizing 
handles on the image when it is selected.  Then press Delete.

Alternatively you could select the text frame (Ctrl + click the border) 
and cut it to the clipboard, then select and delete the image before 
re-pasting the text frame.

HTH,

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