How do I drag a picture I copied from the Internet in Word?

[roseaphigirl]

I am trying to make a flyer for a group that is showing a movie. I copied
the movie poster onto Word and I can't drag it into the position that I want.
Can anyone help?

 

[Thomas Campitelli]

I am trying to make a flyer for a group that is showing a movie. I copied
the movie poster onto Word and I can't drag it into the position that I want.
Can anyone help?

From the MS Word help file:

"You can change the spacing between gridlines and the starting point for
gridlines. To temporarily override grid settings, press ALT as you drag
or draw an object."

Also from the Help file:

To display the Drawing toolbar, click the Drawing icon or go to View >
toolbars >Drawing.

On the Drawing toolbar, click Draw, and then click Grid.

In the Horizontal Spacing and Vertical Spacing boxes, enter the spacing
you want.

That should get you going. Enjoy.

Tom Campitelli

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Right-click on the movie poster image, and left-click on Format Picture
| Layout. If you have Word 97, check the "Float over text" box. If you
have Word 2002 or 2003, click on Square or Tight (doesn't really matter
which). Click on OK. Now you should be able to drag the image to any
position on the page.

 

[LarryranTX]

"Cut" the image ([CTRL]+x) and Edit->Paste Special as "Picture (Enhanced
metafile)". Position (Layout) "In front of text", and clear the space with
carriage returns ([ENTER]).

Get rid of the drawing canvas!

Larry Randall

 

[Graham Mayor]

Clear the space with carriage returns? That's what the wrap options are for.
The problem for the OP here is that the default insertion mode is configured
for in-line with text which causes the image to be inserted in the text
layer.

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"Cut" the image ([CTRL]+x) and Edit->Paste Special as "Picture
(Enhanced metafile)". Position (Layout) "In front of text", and
clear the space with carriage returns ([ENTER]).

Get rid of the drawing canvas!

Larry Randall

Right-click on the movie poster image, and left-click on Format
Picture
have Word 2002 or 2003, click on Square or Tight (doesn't really
matter which). Click on OK. Now you should be able to drag the
image to any position on the page.