Anchoring pictures and text boxes in mulit-column documents

[Ace]

I'm working in a docuemnt with two columns. I want to positions pictures
horizontally to the right relative to the column. The anchor keeps jumping
to the left column as soon as I do anything after dragging it or inserting it
to the position on the right column where the paragraph is I want to
vertically anchor it to.

 

[CyberTaz]

Dragging the image after adjusting the position settings is like getting
back in the shower after drying off Use the settings - Then leave it
alone. If you need to reposition, change the settings.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Ace]

That would be nice if Word didn't move images while editing text, even if
I've got the Move Object with Text box unchecked, or when deleting text all
of a sudden you images jump all over the page. So are you saying do all your
text editing first and then insert your images. I thought this version was
supposed to be more graphic friendly. Compaired to previous versions I find
this is just the opposite.

 

[CyberTaz]

Well, I'm not actually making any value judgments at all

There's no doubt that the graphics tools & effects in 2007 are more
sophisticated, more extensive & more elaborate than in earlier versions.
Perhaps that's what you mean by "graphic friendly"?

The fact remains, however, that a Word document is a structure built by a
flow of text stored in a sequence of paragraphs just as in past versions.
Any objects injected into that flow are attached to it - either embedded as
In Line or as floating objects anchored to paragraphs. IOW, there are no
"pages" in a Word document. Pagination is imposed by the printer based on
paper size. Although Print Layout View attempts to give the impression of
how a composed page will appear when printed. Unfortunately, that also gives
the wrong impression that the pages viewed on screen are how the document is
built. If you want to see how Word sees it, go to Draft/Normal View - where
the floating graphics (those with text wrapping applied) don't even display.

http://word.mvps.org/Mac/PagesInWord.html

If you intend to use Word for desktop publishing/page layout tasks you might
want to study the material on the following web pages & the associated links
within them. Inclusion of graphic content in Word documents was added on
after-the-fact to software designed for letters, manuscripts & other
business documents. Programs *designed* for graphic purposes work on a
totally different set of principles which facilitate controlling the layout
pages & positioning of objects on them.

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/DrawingGraphics.htm

If you'd rather not have to master the considerations & techniques explained
there you'd do well to consider investing in a page layout program into
which you can still place the text you compose in Word. If you already have
it based on your version of Office, MS Publisher may be adequate for your
needs or you may want to go to something such as Adobe InDesign or
QuarkXPress - there are numerous others within the range.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac