Locking floating graphics to a page, not a piece of text

[Barb Meek]

I have not been able to figure out how to insert a floating (not in-line)
graphic, place it on a page, and have it stay there permanently regardless of
whether I edit text on that page. It always seems to be anchored to a piece
of text. I've tried all the advanced options in the graphics layout dialog
box but no matter what I do, that irritating anchor icon shows up connected
to a paragraph and if I happen to delete or move that paragraph, the graphic
disappears or moves. Is there a way to make a graphic completely independent
of text on the page?

 

[BillBurton57]

This may not be the best way, but I usually insert a one-celled table and
insert the graphic in the table. I can do all kinds of things as far as
formatting and locking the table in position.

 

[DocBrown]

Do the following:

Select the graphic. then Format->AutoShape...
On Format Autoshape popup: Layout tab-> Advanced.
Picture Position tab:
Horizontal: Absolute position: <hpos> to the right of: Column|Page|margin.
Vertical: Absolute Position: <vpos> Below: Page.

Where <vpos> or <hpos> is the desired distance in inches below the top of
the page and right of column/page/margin. I usually leave it at Column. The
others should behave as expected (barring any MSW bug...)

You may also want to select the type of wrapping by going to the Text
Wrapping tab.

 

[Barb Meek]

I tried your method, Doc, but when I used the "show paragraph" command, the
anchor icon shows that the graphic was still attached to a piece of text. If
that text gets deleted, the graphic goes away, and if that text gets moved to
another page, the graphic moves. I'm okay as long as that text stays on that
page, but sometimes it gets moved when text is inserted or deleted above, or
inadvertently deleted. I was really hoping to find some method where the
graphic is totally independent from anything else except its position on the
page. Am I missing something?