locking figures in Word 2002

[LAC]

I have a figure in a Word document that has text above and below the figure.
I have tried to anchor the figure to the paragraph above so that when I add
additional text to the document it appears below the figure. However, the
figure keeps moving down and the new text moves up to above the figure. Any
ideas on how to correct this? I have gone into format
pictures/layout/advanced and checked lock anchor,move picture with text and
allow overlap boxes.

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?TEFD?=,

I have a figure in a Word document that has text above and below the figure.
I have tried to anchor the figure to the paragraph above so that when I add
additional text to the document it appears below the figure. However, the
figure keeps moving down and the new text moves up to above the figure. Any
ideas on how to correct this? I have gone into format
pictures/layout/advanced and checked lock anchor,move picture with text and
allow overlap boxes.

What you're looking for isn't there in Word, unless the picture is "thin" enough
to let text flow AROUND it. But there's simply no way to get text to "jump over"
a picture if it's also set to "Move with text".

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[LAC]

Hi Cindy,

I'm not trying to word wrap around the figures. I just want the picture to
stay in the exact place in the text where I want it.

 

[garfield-n-odie]

If you make the figure "inline with text" in Format | Picture |
Layout, then the figure should stay in the paragraph where it is
inserted. Text inserted above the figure will move the figure
down, but text inserted below the figure will not affect the
figure position.