Images jumping around - can't unsnap to grid

[karen110]

Hi, using Word 2007, I have a series of images on a page that I'm trying to
line up. Dragging them around, they're jumping all over the place - I've
tried disabling snap to grid, and I've tried using the Alt key with dragging,
to no avail.

In More Layout Options, each image has an absolute position designated. Does
this problem have something to do with anchors? I don't fully understand
about anchors.

Thanks,
Karen

 

[karen110]

More info - when I drag one picture, sometimes it jumps to the next page, and
the other pictures jump around. In Format/Align/Grid settings, I have "snap
objects to other objects" and "snap objects to grid" disabled.

Using Alt with arrow keys doesn't do anything. I use either arrow keys or
Ctrl-Arrow, or dragging with mouse.

 

[CyberTaz]

Controlling the position of graphic objects ‹ Floating graphic objects in
particular ‹ in a Word document has always been a source of frustration,
aggravation & desperation. This is particularly true for those who take the
program at face value & have not had an opportunity to explore how the
program actually works. The more floating objects there are in the same
vicinity the more problematic it becomes.

The first concepts to understand are (a) that there are no physical 'pages'
in the structure of a Word document file, it is a flow of text from start to
finish, and (b) all objects are 'attached' to that text as either In Line or
Floating. In Line object are inserted into a paragraphs much the same as
alphanumeric characters, Floating object are those with some form of Text
Wrap applied so they can "be positioned anywhere" but each is still anchored
to a paragraph. As goes the paragraph, so goes the graphic embedded in it or
anchored to it... And the more you revise the document after positioning the
graphic objects the more those objects will 'jump around'.

Quite honestly, the earning curve would probably be much flatter if you
could use a page layout/Desktop Publishing program such as MS Publisher or
one of numerous others. Those programs are designed from an "object
oriented" perspective & incorporate physical pages as containers for the
boxes which respectively contain the text & graphics of the documents. If
you _must_ use Word start here & follow the extensive links to other info:

http://word.mvps.org/faqs/drwgrphcs/inlinevsfloating.htm

Good Luck |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac