Using Callout boxes in Word on a Mac

[mmacquar]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Using MS Word on a MAC, I'm coping and pasting callout boxes to highlight areas of an image. I cannot get them to align freely, they snap to the grid every time.

How do I turn off the snap alignment, so I place them freely?

Also, how do I set the default wrapping style to 'in front of text' instead of 'tight'…? So that I don't have to change it manually, every time I paste a new callout box.

THANKS!

 

[Jim Gordon Mac MVP]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Using MS
Word on a MAC, I'm coping and pasting callout boxes to highlight areas
of an image. I cannot get them to align freely, they snap to the grid
every time.

How do I turn off the snap alignment, so I place them freely?

Also, how do I set the default wrapping style to 'in front of text'
instead of 'tight'…? So that I don't have to change it manually, every
time I paste a new callout box.

THANKS!

Hi,

Use Word > Preferences > Edit. Under Editing Options look near the
bottom of the options for Insert Paste Pictures as and change the pop-up
from In-line with Text to Square (or one of the other options if you
prefer).

-Jim

 

[mmacquar]

Thank you Jim, I was able to change that preference accordingly!