In Word, "AutoFormat" is a format term referring to a specific feature
that has nothing to do with the placement of pictures.
Pictures can be either "in line with text" or "floating". Pictures
that are in line with text behave like single characters, so they move
only when changes occur in the text around them. Floating pictures are
the ones that you can drag to any location on the page, and they can
also be moved because other pictures bump them out of position or
because the surrounding formatting does something to them.
If preventing movement is your main concern, always use "in line with
text". It isn't as flexible in letting you place things exactly where
you want them, but at least it is predictable.
"In line with text" is one kind of text wrapping. There are about a
half dozen variations of floating text wrapping, including "square",
"tight", "top and bottom", "in front of text" and "behind text".
You can set an option in the Options dialog to determine the initial
text wrapping whenever a picture is inserted or pasted into a
document. After it's inserted, you can right-click a picture and
change its text wrapping to another type.
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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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