Arrow pointers over jpeg file

[RYAN]

Hi

I am trying to work with a screen shot ive made. I have
made a screen shot and pasted it into a word document as a
jpeg file. I now need to draw arrows over the image to
point and make references. However when I open the Drawing
toolbar and click on arrow line word creates a drawing
area in which to draw the arrows, and whenever I try to
draw an arrow over the image it doesnt work.

Anyway around this? How can I draw lines over and pointing
to parts within an images inserted into a doc?

Thanks
Ryan

 

[Graham Mayor]

The drawing area is the 'drawing canvas' which keeps elements together. It
shouldn't preclude the ability to draw over an image. You can turn off the
canvas from tools > options > general, but I am not convinced this will
help.

The best tool for this job is Snag-it from www.techsmith.com which has
impressive tools for annotating screen shots.

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[Kate G.]

I believe you are r eferring to the drawing canvas. Its use is explained in
Windows help under "Arranging, aligning, and distributing graphics". You
can turn it off from tools > options > general if you don't need it.
(paraphrased from Graham Mayor).

Kate in MN