In word open up the 'insert' tab. Click 'Insert Textbox', then click on draw textbox. Draw the text box. Right-click on the corner of the box, then click on format text box. I'm working with a document with pictures. Unfortunately I did not create the original document, so I don't know how the text box was set up. I know a text box exists in the document, but after resizing pictures and moving them around the text box disappeared. When I print the document the text box is not there (doesn't print).
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Does anyone know if there is a way to stop floated image (where text wraps around the image) from flying around the document when text is reformatted?
I'd like some figures to at least to stay within some sections of the document.
In my case its MS Office 2008.
Thanks.
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What you need to do is check what the position of your picture is. Word uses an 'Anchor' to determine what the location of the picture is attached to. If the picture is anchored to a particular page, then the text can move or float around it. If the anchor is connected to a particular paragraph, then the picture will move together with the text if new text is inserted above that paragraph - but not if the new text is within that paragraph, between the anchor location and the picture position.
Whether anchors are displayed or not is an option. Go to Word Options --> Display --> Always show these formatiing marks on the screen --> Object anchors - and put a checkmark next to that line to always see the anchor.
Alternately, go to the Home tab, in the Paragraph group there is a latin Pie symbol (¶). Once you do that you will see all the formating marks, including the anchor for the picture, once you click on it.
First drag the picture to reposition it relative to the text to where you want to leave it, then drag the anchor to a spot in the text where you wish to anchor it. The beginning of the preceding paragraph may be a good spot.
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Using anchors as previously suggested does not fix the problem with multiple images. After about the 4th or 5th image in a document, adding additional images, even with all previous images anchor locked, they'll start skittering around.
Free download sublime text 3 for mac. The best way I've found, which I don't like, is to insert a single row/column table and insert the picture into the table. Once your document is almost done, go through and select each table, get the properties for that table, click the 'Borders and shading..' button, and select None for the borders.
I wish Microsoft would fix the image anchor locking so it actually locks the location! I've had images disappear into the ether (somewhere off the visible page I guess) and the only way to get them back is start hitting Ctrl+Z.
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I haven't used Word on a Mac, but just looked at screenshots and it is pretty similar but you may have to use your initiative a bit.
Insert your picture, then either right click or go to the 'Format' ribbon section and look for 'Wrap Text' then choose the option 'In front of text'.
With this selected, the words will fill around the text.
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I got this to work in Word 2010 this way:
- Right-click image, choose 'Size and Position' (this is not the only way to get there, I'm sure)
- Go to 'Position' tab
- Check 'Move object with text'
- In the 'Vertical' group, select 'Absolute position', below 'Paragraph'
- Drag it vaguely where you want it and fiddle with it using mouse and arrow keys (for fine tuning) until it's just right
Test by entering a bunch of text way above it to see if it moves the way it should.
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I've found that while images move around the document, a text box will (more so) stay where you put it. Try putting the image in a text box, then changing the text box to have invisible borders.
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If all these methods don't work and your pictures still jump, cut and paste your pics into PowerPoint (where pictures and text boxes are so well behaved) and paste them into your Word doc again!
Works like a charm! No more problems.
Pictures may need reformatting so text can wrap around, but that is child's play!
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- Open your Word document.
- Right-click the picture and click 'Size and Position'.
- Click the 'Text Wrapping' tab.
- Click 'Square', 'Tight', or 'Through' to wrap the text around the edges of the image. 'Square' wraps text as if the image is a solid rectangle. 'Tight' wraps the text around the image, ignoring transparencies adjacent to the left and right sides of the image. 'Through' ignores all transparencies in the image, wrapping text into the middle of the object as well as the sides.
- Click 'Top and Bottom' to prevent text on either side of the image. Text automatically wraps from above the image to immediately below it.
- Click 'Behind' to place the image behind the text. Click 'In Front Of' to place it in front of the image. 'Behind' and 'In Front Of' don't wrap text.
Read more: How to Lock a Photo in a Word Document So it Doesn't Move | eHow.com
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There are a number of ways to add text to a document. You can replace placeholder text in a template; add text in a text box outside the main document body, such as in a sidebar; and add text inside a shape.
In a word-processing document, you can have text in the main body of the document, then add text boxes for things like sidebars. In a page layout document, all text is contained in one or more text boxes.
Add and replace text in the body of a document
- For body text in a blank template: Just start typing.
- For body text in a template with placeholder text: Click the placeholder text to select it, then start typing. To remove placeholder text completely, click it, then press the Delete key on your keyboard.
Some placeholder text is written in scrambled Latin words. The text you type will appear in the language you use for your computer.
In word-processing documents, a new page is added automatically when you reach the end of the page, or you can add a page break anywhere to start the next line on a new page. In a page layout document, you can add a blank page anywhere in your document. For more information, see Add, delete, and rearrange pages.
Add text in a text box
- Click in the toolbar.A text box appears on the page (you can change how the text looks later).
- Drag the text box to where you want it.If you can’t move the box, click outside the box to deselect the text, then click the text once to select its text box.
- Type to replace the placeholder text.
- To resize the text box, do one of the following:
- If the box is too small for the text: Select the text box, then drag the clipping indicator until all text is showing. You can also drag a selection handle.
- If the box is too large for the text: Select the text box, then drag a selection handle to resize the text box.
To delete a text box, click the text in the box, then press the Delete key on your keyboard.
You can also link a text box to another text box to accommodate overflow text. See Link text boxes.
A text box is an object that can be modified like most other objects; you can rotate it, change its border, fill it with a color, layer it with other objects, and more. You can also change the appearance of text within the box—including its font, color, size, and alignment.
Set a default text box for a document
Every Pages template comes with a default text box style, so when you add a text box to a document and type text in it, the box and the text use this style. You can modify this default style—change the font, font color, color fill, and so on—then make it the new default style for the document. Your default text box style applies only to the document where you create it.
- Add a text box to your document and change it however you want.For example, you can change the font and font size, add a border to the box, and so on.
- Click the text box to select it.
- Program for typing a letter. Choose Format > Advanced > Set as Default Text Box Appearance (from the Format menu at the top of your screen).
You can change the default text box style whenever you want, and it won’t affect any text boxes already in the document.
If you want to apply the same design changes to other text boxes that already exist in the document, you can save the default text box style as an object style, then apply the object style to other text boxes.
Insert Text Box Over Picture In Word For Mac
Add text inside a shape
- Double-click the shape to make the insertion point appear, then type your text.
If there’s too much text to display in the shape, a clipping indicator appears. To resize the shape, select it, then drag any selection handle until all the text is showing.
You can change the look of text inside the shape just like any other text.
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To add a caption or label to an object, see Create a caption for an image or other object.
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