How do I disassociate graphics from each other?

[Rod]

I am no Word expert, especially when it comes to the graphics part of Word.
Someone else created a Word document, describing the software configuration
of our company. However, he got some of the items wrong, and I've been
asked to correct them. When I open up the document, I see several
rectangular areas, some as containing blocks and some as smaller blocks with
text in them. (I think the smaller ones with text in them are textboxes.)
And the smaller rectangles has links from one to another.

Well, the first thing I tried to do was to select one of the container boxes
and make it bigger (so that I could put in another text box with text in
it). However, when I did the whole stupid thing was selected - all of the
graphics! I've no idea why, and I don't know how to undo this.

How do I undo this association of all of the graphics with each other so
that I can put new things into it? Or is that not possible?

Rod

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Does your Drawing toolbar have buttons on it for Group and Ungroup? (I can't
remember whether or not these are default.) If so you might try clicking on
Ungroup (if not, you can find these commands on the Draw menu). Then select
a specific object. Note, however, that if this is an organization chart, it
may have been created using the Insert Diagram tool, in which case you
should be seeing an Organization Chart toolbar (floating), when you click in
it. If that's the case, then you need to click on the Layout button and
deselect AutoLayout on the menu before you can resize a given box.

 

[Rod]

Thank you, Suzanne, that took care of it.

Rod

Does your Drawing toolbar have buttons on it for Group and Ungroup? (I can't
remember whether or not these are default.) If so you might try clicking on
Ungroup (if not, you can find these commands on the Draw menu). Then select
a specific object. Note, however, that if this is an organization chart, it
may have been created using the Insert Diagram tool, in which case you
should be seeing an Organization Chart toolbar (floating), when you click in
it. If that's the case, then you need to click on the Layout button and
deselect AutoLayout on the menu before you can resize a given box.