clip art won't move properly

[Neely D.]

I use Word 2003 and am having a problem that I never had with earlier
versions. When I insert clip art into a document, and then try to move the
picture to some other area on the page, it goes everywhere but where I want
it to go. I have formatted the layout to be behind text, and I've tried
changing the horizontal alignment by deselcting "move object with text" and
"layout in table cell" but still no luck. When I click on the object and
then hit the up arrow on my keyboard, it moves down instead of up. If I try
to click and drag it the little outline box appears to go where I want, but
when I let go of the mouse button the clip art drops down about 2 inches
below where I tried to place it. Any suggestions?

 

[Guy Lydig]

I've had the same problem on occasion in XP as well. I am curious to see what
answer the gurus will give you. For me, my way around it was to right-click
the Clipart, click Format Picture and the Layout tab. Click Advanced and in
the Advanced Layout dialog box, set the Absolute vertical and horizontal
position to whatever you want.

 

[Neely D.]

I may have found the answer myself. In Page Setup I had set the vertical
alignment for the whole document to "center." I went back in and changed it
to "top" and then I was able to move the clip art around freely. The only
problem now is I have to take more time to make sure I have my text centered
in the middle of the document instead of allowing Word to do that
automatically.