absolute position

[Teix]

When I try to insert an object in a word document, the object appears
automatically with an absolute position at the top of the page. When I try to
align the object with the text the results are arbitrary. On occasion i get
the result I want but sometimes it does not obbey and when i look again to
see the position it has been changed again to absolute. This also occurs
after moving the object: it suddendly changes to absolute to the top of the
page or to any unexpected placement... I find it rather worrying and time
consuming

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?VGVpeA==?=,

When I try to insert an object in a word document, the object appears
automatically with an absolute position at the top of the page. When I try to
align the object with the text the results are arbitrary. On occasion i get
the result I want but sometimes it does not obbey and when i look again to
see the position it has been changed again to absolute. This also occurs
after moving the object: it suddendly changes to absolute to the top of the
page or to any unexpected placement... I find it rather worrying and time
consuming

This is often indicative of some damage in the structure of the document. When I
run into this, I usually have to decide whether to start over with a new
document, copying everything but the last paragraph mark across. Or whether I
just want to live with it, and use the dialog box to handle all formatting (that
usually works more reliably than dragging with the mouse).

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Teix]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?VGVpeA==?=,

This is often indicative of some damage in the structure of the document. When I
run into this, I usually have to decide whether to start over with a new
document, copying everything but the last paragraph mark across. Or whether I
just want to live with it, and use the dialog box to handle all formatting (that
usually works more reliably than dragging with the mouse).

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)


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[Teix]

Thank you very much for the answer. Perhaps the provided solution woks (I
have not tested it at present). However, the problem occurs too often and if
I am working with a long document with many embedded figures, the solution
will be impractical. If there is no better solution, I think that the problem
lies in a fault of the Word program whcih should be fixed in new versions.

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?VGVpeA==?=,

Thank you very much for the answer. Perhaps the provided solution woks (I
have not tested it at present). However, the problem occurs too often and if
I am working with a long document with many embedded figures, the solution
will be impractical. If there is no better solution, I think that the problem
lies in a fault of the Word program whcih should be fixed in new versions.

If it's happening often in documents you create or work on, there may be a
problem in your Normal.dot template. Try renaming that to NormalOLD.dot, then
start Word. This will generate a "clean" copy and all new documents created
using "blank new document" might be more stable.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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