Although not a true shortcut you can invoke the menus in PowerPoint via the keyboard and insert a picture by using ALT, I, P, F i use this method a lot for Paste Special too ALT, E, S.

How to insert a pictures into a Word document

1. Place mouse cursor in the document where you want to insert the picture
2. On the ribbon menu, under the tab Insert, within the group Illustrations, click Pictures. The Insert Picture dialog box appears.
3. Browse and select the picture from your system.
4. Click Insert. Word inserts the picture in the cursor position.

Shortcut key method to insert a picture

1. Place the cursor in the document where you want to insert the picture.
2. Press the ALT key and then press keys N and P one after another. The Insert Picture dialog box appears.
3. Follow steps 3 and 4 of the above procedure.

How to insert pictures from an online source

1. Beside each one is the Word keyboard shortcut for it—if a shortcut is available: When a Word keyboard shortcut is available, it'll appear to the right of an option. How to Add Microsoft Word Shortcuts to Your Regular Workflow. When you’re just getting started with using Microsoft Word shortcuts, using them doesn’t come automatically.
2. Some shortcuts are built into the program, but you can also assign shortcuts to macros you create. Once you have created a macro, follow the appropriate steps to assign a shortcut to it: Microsoft Word 2007; Earlier versions of Microsoft Word; Microsoft Word 2007. Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Word Options.

1. Place mouse cursor in the document where you want to insert the picture.
2. On the ribbon menu, under the tab Insert, within the group Illustrations, click Online Pictures. Insert Picture dialog box appears.
3. You can either search free clip art pictures in Office.com (royalty free) or search images in entire Internet world using Bing search engine.
4. Select an image and click Insert.

How to insert picture or image from scanner or camera in Word?

You might get into trouble in inserting pictures from scanner or camera in Word 2007 and later version as Microsoft removed the option to insert a picture from a scanner or camera which was just available in Word 2003. This tutorial will show you several methods of inserting pictures from scanner or camera in Word 2007 and later version.

Insert picture from scanner or camera in Word by using shortcuts

If you are using the Word 2007 or Word 2010, you can quickly access the Insert Picture from Scanner or Camera utility as follows:

1. Please first press Alt key in Word 2007 or Word 2010, and then continue typing menu key sequence i p s
on your keyboard, and it will display the Insert Picture from Scanner or Camera dialog.

After typing Alt first and i key, you will see a Super Tip as follows:

After typing p and s key, it will pop up the Insert Picture from Scanner or Camera dialog.

Then you can choose picture from the device through the Insert Picture from Scanner or Camera dialog.

Insert picture from scanner or camera in Word by creating Macro

1. Firstly, you should create a Macro for your Word document. Please click View > Macros > View Macros. See screenshot:

2. After clicking View Macros, there will be a Macros dialog popping up. Under Macro name, type in “Scan”; select Normal. dotm (globaltemplate) from the Macros in drop-down list. Then click Create. See screenshot:

3. And now, a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window shows up, please copy and paste the following code to the dialog locates between Sub scan and End sub lines.

Code in 2013 and later version:

Code in 2007 and 2010:

4. Now, you should click Tools > References to go to the References-Normal dialog box, then choose and check Microsoft Windows Image Acquisition Library option, see screenshot:

5. Then click OK to close the dialog box, and now, please press F5 key to run this code.

Note: Make sure the scanner is on and connected to the computer

Insert picture from scanner or camera in Word with Kutools for Word

With Kutools for Word’s From Scanner or Camera utility, you can get rid of those annoying operations and easily insert picture from scanner or camera in word.

1. Place the cursor at where you want to insert picture.

2. Then please apply this utility by clicking Kutools > More > From Scanner or Camera. See screenshot:

Word Keyboard Shortcut Insert Picture

3. After clicking From Scanner or Camera, it will display the Insert Picture from Scanner or Camera dialog.

A: Under Device, select the related device that you want to import picture from.

B: Select any Resolution you want.

C: Click Insert to start inserting.

Note: This utility cannot be applied for Word 2013 and later version.

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• To post as a guest, your comment is unpublished.
  This should work in most versions 64 or 32 bit
  Add reference to Microsoft Windows Image Acquisition x2.0
  Sub Scan()
  Dim objCommonDialog As WIA.CommonDialog
  Dim objImage As WIA.ImageFile
  Dim strScanName As String
  ' instantiate Scan WIA objects
  Set objCommonDialog = New WIA.CommonDialog
  Set objImage = objCommonDialog.ShowAcquireImage
  strScanName = Environ$('TEMP') & 'Scan.jpg' ' set temporary file
  If Not objImage Is Nothing Then
  If Dir(strScanName) ' Then Kill strScanName
  objImage.SaveFile strScanName 'save into temp file
  DoEvents
  'Word
  Selection.InlineShapes.AddPicture strScanName ' insert in doc
  End If
  End Sub
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  I have followed ALL the instructions for loading a picture from my scanner and all that happens is a empty box outline appears on my Word 10 page??
  Your help is sort.
  David 76 yrs young
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  Wow! supereasy. Thank you!
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  Thanks a lot for this very helpful article! The keyboard shortcut and the macro both work like a charm!
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  such an amazing and helpful.
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  So I created a Macro using the code you supplied, thank you, i was wondering if there was a way to go further and include code for the selection that you make once that Insert Image window pops up. Thanks