There are two ways to insert graphics and similar elements in Word:
1. In Line With Text: These become part of the text flow (just like a text
paragraph). They can be moved anywhere within that text flow, but text does
not automatically wrap around them.
2. Wrapped: Wrapped or "floating" objects are in the drawing layer. Text can
wrap around or behind or in front of them, but wrapped graphics must be
anchored to a text paragraph.
What this means in practical terms is that it is not possible to put a
wrapped graphic alone on a page because it has to be anchored to a text
paragraph. There are three ways to approach this:
1. Include at least one line of the document text on the page with the
graphic. This can be difficult if the line of text is not the beginning or
end of a paragraph.
2. Anchor the graphic to an empty paragraph behind it. Since this paragraph
will interrupt the text flowing from the page before to the page after,
there's not much point in doing this.
3. Put the graphic (inline) and any required text (caption) on the page and
adjust text on the preceding and following pages to appear to wrap around
it. This is the solution you have arrived at. The tricks to making it work
are:
a. Don't even bother to try to position graphics until editing is
complete. In fact, if you wait till editing is complete before you insert
them at all, you'll find working on the document much more efficient.
b. Allow the page before the graphic to fill with text and insert a page
break. Insert the graphic and any accompanying text, then another page
break.
c. If paragraphs are not justified and have no first-line indent, you're
done. If the text is justified and you had to break the text in the middle
of a paragraph, you'll have to insert a line break at the end of the last
line on the preceding page, then format the paragraph mark (which will be
alone on the next line) as 1 point or (if necessary) Hidden.
d. If paragraphs have a first-line indent and you had to break the text
in the middle of a paragraph, you'll have to remove the indent from the
first paragraph on the page following the graphic. I usually do this by
applying an unindented style.
