Why location and wrapping of graphics in Word 2003 keep changing?

[Jimbo_from_Maine]

I create drawing objects with the Drawing tool bar, group all the objects
together, then "paste special" the object as an enhanced metafile. Other
times, I start with a jpeg photo and add call-outs with the Drawing tool bar,
then group the call-outs with the image. Then I anchor the graphic to a
paragraph with right justification and set the wrapping to "square".
Sometimes I use a drawing canvas, but usually not. Some of my documents will
have graphics both with and without a drawing canvas.

Most of the time the graphics look OK and stay put, but sometimes, the
wrapping only works on the paragraphs that AREN'T the one anchored, and the
position jumps all over the place. When this starts happening, I often have
problems with text straddling two pages, with the same lines of text
appearing at the bottom of one page and the top of the next. If I tweak the
picture formatting to get it to look the way I want, I can't be sure it will
still look that way the next time I open the doc.

I have no idea what causes this, how to fix it or how to prevent it. Any
suggestions?

 

[DeanH]

I have sometimes noticed this affect, and usually found that the paragraph
has either Keep with Next or Keep Lines Together selected. Work around is to
take off these settings, or add Page Break Before (even this can have the
same problem) or add a manual page break before this paragraph.
Hope this helps
DeanH

 

[Jimbo_from_Maine]

Thanks, Dean.

It wasn't a "keep" issue, which I have run into before. Closing Word and
re-opening it didn't help. BUT --- Shutting down Win XP Pro completely did.
Sounds like some kind of memory or buffer problem? --- Jimbo