Copying ONE object, more objects are copied with it

[Suzanne O]

When I copy a table from one word.doc. to another, it copies at the same time
a lot of pictures and textboxes too.
And if I “delete†an object from my word-document, it “deletes†some other
textboxes too.
Has this something to do with the “ankers†connected to the objects. If so,
how can I get rid of the “ankers�

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

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When I copy a table from one word.doc. to another, it copies at the same time
a lot of pictures and textboxes too.
And if I “delete†an object from my word-document, it “deletes†some other
textboxes too.
Has this something to do with the “ankers†connected to the objects. If so,
how can I get rid of the “ankers�

Yes, this has to do with the anchors. You can't get rid of the anchors; every picture
must be anchored to a paragraph of text. What you could, possibly, do is move the
anchors to a different paragraph before copying or deleting. Or position the graphics
in-line with the text so that there are no anchors.

In order to see the anchors, make sure the option is activated in Tools/Options/View,
then click on a graphic. Once you can see the anchor, you can drag it to another
paragraph.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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