Text Box creation over picture in header

[DaveW]

In Word 97 on Win 98, and in Word 2000 in Windows XP at least:
A floating picture covering the whole page is in the template header (set to
no wrap). When a new document is created from the template, it is not
possible to start drawing a text box on the normal page within the area of
the picture. If the header/footer is then selected, and the main page is then
reselected, it is now possible to start drawing text boxes.

I would like to inform Microsoft of this fault but could see no way on their
website to do so.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I'm not sure what you're trying to do, but "floating" and "no wrap" are
self-contradictory. The picture should be set to Behind Text wrapping. You
will then not need (but should be able to insert) text boxes in the main
document body. If you're trying to create entry spaces on a (background)
form, you might be better off using frames, and if you're using form fields,
you *must* use frames rather than text boxes (a table also works).

In Word 97 on Win 98, and in Word 2000 in Windows XP at least:
A floating picture covering the whole page is in the template header (set to
no wrap). When a new document is created from the template, it is not
possible to start drawing a text box on the normal page within the area of
the picture. If the header/footer is then selected, and the main page is then
reselected, it is now possible to start drawing text boxes.

I would like to inform Microsoft of this fault but could see no way on their
website to do so.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Sorry. I'm working in Word 2003, where "Behind Text" is a wrapping style,
and there is no longer a "None" option ("In Front of Text" is the
equivalent).

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Dave,

You can make product problem reports to Microsoft through
(800) MICROSOFT (642-7676) [U.S.] however, the only two prior Word versions still supported, due to age, as far as bug fixes are
Word 2002 and Word 2003. Many of the folks who worked on earlier versions have moved up or on <g> and the internal parts of the
programs have been rewritten in some areas as well.

There were some issues with wrapped objects competing with other objects or text for visibility in Word 6 through 97.

This article shows the basics of 'layering' internal to Word documents.

In Word 97 with the added 'float over text' named setting and a variety of other 'z-order' choices (bring forward, send to back,
behind/text, in front of text, etc) that allows positioning within layers as well, things didn't always turn out as expected when
combined with the eight wrapping choices still available,
[Behind, Front, Inline, None, Square, Through, Tight, Top/Bottom] and which can also be 'tuned' by additional settings.

I wasn't able to reproduce this in Word 2000. Was the template created in Word 97 or 2000? That could affect the outcome. I'm not
clear on the reason for setting the background graphic to floating from your scenario.

Did you add the background map to the header/footer through Insert=>Picture=>From File or by pasting?

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I don't see that 'floating' and 'no wrap' are contradictory. When I
right-click on the floating object I have the option to set the wrapping to
'none'. I have also set it to 'Behind Text'. What I'm trying to do is to have
a base map in the header so that it can't be shifted, allowing shapes to be
drawn on top of it on the main page, with explanatory text in nearby text
boxes. I've found that all I need to do when starting a new document, is to
go to header/footer view once, then back, after which text boxes can be
drawn with no problem. I have incorporated a two-line macro as AutoNew and
AutoOpen to do this automatically when starting a new document or modifying
it later. It would be nice if I didn't have to do this. >>
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

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