insert picture and pagination

[jake h]

I have a picture in a (long) word document. I want the
picture on its own page, with the text flowing to the end
of the previous page, and then picking up at the top of
the page immediately following the picture. As it is
right now, the picture seems to take a precise position
in the flow of the text, but I'd like it to adjust its
position based on where the pages naturally break.

Can anyone help me do that?! Thanks!

Jake

 

[Chad DeMeyer]

Jake,

Word does not naturally lend itself to this kind of operation, but the one
suggestion I've seen for doing this that has some merit is as follows:

Open the header view and place your image on the page with a wrapping option
set (not in-line with text, nor behind or in front of text) as appropriate
where you require it to appear. Select the image and save as an autotext
entry. Delete the image.
For demonstration purposes, let's say you name the entry "MyPicture", and
the page you want it to appear on is page 5.
Whilst still in the header area type (not including quotes):
"IF Page = 5 Autotext MyPicture"
Select "Autotext MyPicture" and key Ctrl+F9 to convert to field. Text will
now be enclosed in field brackets {} to indicate it is a field code.
Select "Page" and key Ctrl+F9 to convert to field.
Select "IF { Page } = 5 { Autotext MyPicture }" and key Ctrl+F9 to convert
to field with nested fields.
You should now have "{ IF { Page } = 5 { Autotext MyPicture } }". With any
part of field selected, key F9 to update the field.
Close the header. The image will only appear on Page 5 at the point you
placed it and text will wrap around it however you specified.

Acknowledgements to Graham Mayor, Word MVP for this solution.

Regards,
Chad