Photos have mind of their own

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Jack Ogden

Hi

I'm using Word 2002 and much of my output is several page reports with
combined texts and graphics (mainly .jpg). When formatting or editing,
copying, pasting etc, the pictures tend to jump around (off to end of
document or up to top) or diasappear altogether. I've tried all combinations
of anchors, pics in text boxes, pics and text in separate text boxes, etc
etc but still all hell can break loose - I reckon 50% of my time in writing
a report is taken up by trying to tame the graphics. I understand this is a
known problem with Word, but please, how can I minimise the time I waste?

Thanks

Jack Ogden
 
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Jezebel

Make sure all your graphics are consistently formatted: all floating or all
inline, and if floating make sure 'allow overlap' is checked (you 'jumping
around' sounds like graphics trying to get out of each other's way. If their
position on the page is fixed, clear the 'move with text' checkbox and if
possible lock the anchor to something near the top of the page (ideally the
first heading on the page).

And of course, as with any Microsoft product, stability is improved if you
sacrifice a goat periodically.
 
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Jack Ogden

Thanks - and I'll check out the goat (...and I thought it was only, more RAM
I needed)

By the way is there any way to set all the optimum 'float', 'allow overlap'
'anchor' etc stuff as a default?

Jack
 
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Greg Maxey

Jack,

Look at Tools>Options>Edit>Insert/Paste Picture as

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