Drawing canvas needed?

[Jose Valdes]

In Word 2003, is the following statement true?

To keep a JPEG image with a callout, both objects must exist inside a
drawing canvas.

When I use the Drawing toolbar in MS-Word to add a callout to a JPEG, I want
it to point to a specific object in the JPEG. (I keep saying JPEG because my
subject matter experts exclusively send images in that format.) I fear that
the callout might float to another region of the image when Word
repaginates. Is this a real danger or am I getting paranoid about MS-Word? I
admit that I have not seen any floating callouts in Word.

To prevent this problem, my first impulse is to group the JPEG with the
callout, but Word does not allow that. My second impulse is to use a drawing
canvas to hold both objects together using the following steps:

1. Insert drawing canvas (Insert->Picture->New Drawing).

2. Click inside drawing canvas.

3. Insert linked picture (Insert->Picture->From File and select Link to

File).

4. Display Drawing tool bar (View -> Toolbars -> Drawing).

5. Add callout to drawing (AutoShapes->Callouts->Blah, blah).

Drawing canvas are giving me trouble (see "INCLUDEPICTURE field in Word
2003" message). If the drawing canvas is not necessary, I could skip steps
1 and 2 above.



Thanks!

José

(A frustrated, ex-Adobe FrameMaker user)

 

[Keith Howell]

Have you tried specifying text wrapping (of any kind) for your jpg and then
grouping it with your callout - either using a canvas or turning it off?

 

[Jose Valdes]

Your suggestion worked. I grouped an image with a callout and no drawing
canvas was involved. Thanks! However, I'll have to experiment some more to
find out whether it fixes my printing problems (see "INCLUDEPICTURE field in
Word 2003" message).

Thanks! José