Inserting Picture into Text Box with Wrapping

[PullingMyHairOut]

I am working with one of Microsoft's newsletter templates (Professional 2003
version). The newsletter's
columns are done as text boxes (that's the way the template is set up).

I want to insert a picture or two to go with the stories. But when I try to
do this, the picture gets "cut off" and there is no way to fix it. I can
click on the outline of the picture, but I only see the bottom quarter of it,
which is really strange. The "Picture - Layout" and "Order as" fields are
greyed
out no matter what I try -- so I can't adjust text wrapping or anything. I
am PULLING MY HAIR OUT trying to get this to work. It shouldn't be so hard!

Can anyone give me a work-around for this? I'm not very skilled at creating
templates from scratch. I have used software like this in the past
(FrameMaker, for example). But I'm not an expert on Word.

Would it be better to try to re-create the template without text boxes and
use columns or table cells instead?

 

[Cindy M.]

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I am working with one of Microsoft's newsletter templates (Professional 2003
version). The newsletter's
columns are done as text boxes (that's the way the template is set up).

I want to insert a picture or two to go with the stories. But when I try to
do this, the picture gets "cut off" and there is no way to fix it. I can
click on the outline of the picture, but I only see the bottom quarter of it,
which is really strange. The "Picture - Layout" and "Order as" fields are
greyed
out no matter what I try -- so I can't adjust text wrapping or anything. I
am PULLING MY HAIR OUT trying to get this to work. It shouldn't be so hard!

I gather you're inserting the picture in a text box: the text box will NOT
resize to accomodate the picture. You need to resize it manually. In addition,
it is NOT possible to have text IN a text box wrap around a picture. The two
don't go together.

It might be better to create a single-cell table, put the text and picture in
that, delete the text box and position the table in its place.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[PullingMyHairOut]

Thank you, Cindy. I may try that.

I discovered a total kluge work-around: I made an additional page which has
no text boxes on it. I insert my pictures on that and then in the Drawing
Text Wrapping menu I set them Square. Then I drag them up onto the page I'm
working on. I then insert a text box within the text box -- essentially
forcing a wrap around the picture. It is totally non-elegant, but it gets the
job done.

When I have some time, I will probably change the template to do what you
suggest, because it sounds a lot easier to work with graphics inside table
cells. This newsletter will only be done a few times a year, so since I
hacked around and got it to work, I don't need to change it yet.

I can't figure out why Microsoft would make a newsletter template that
doesn't let you add graphics with text wrapping. It's very misleading.