Word 2000 misplaces anchor for photo

[Guest]

Yes, this is probably all my fault for still using Word 2000. But
it's an annoying bug that creeps up every now and then.

I have a document that is mostly two columns, then at the end reverts
to one column (or no columns - just standard across-the-page format).
Each paragraph has a photo in it. Each photo is floated "tight" (in
the photo formatting, the layout tab, "tight" is checked). Some are
aligned right, and some left. But that's all for their positioning.

In each paragraph, the photos float properly. Edit the text, the text
shifts, and the photos shift appropriately.

Except in the last paragraph in the two-column section. With that
one, I position the photo appropriately, but the MOMENT I make any
text edits - even adding one space somewhere in the document, and the
photo goes flying to the bottom of the page, far away from that
paragraph.

When I look at the formatting codes, the "anchor" for the picture is
positioned correctly. Or it appears to be anyway.

I have tried deleting the picture and reinserting it (all photos are
put in, by the way, by copying from a jpg file, pasting into the
document, then sizing and positioning to fit). I've tried saving the
document without the picture, closing Word, trying to put the picture
in - same result every time.

The only other quirk - the above stuff is quirksome enough, but
there's one more - is that the weird behavior seems to come only with
certain fonts. Californian FB and CAC Moose do this. Tahoma and
Arial don't.

What's going on?

 

[Guest]

Yes, this is probably all my fault for still using Word 2000. But
it's an annoying bug that creeps up every now and then.

I have a document that is mostly two columns, then at the end reverts
to one column (or no columns - just standard across-the-page format).
Each paragraph has a photo in it. Each photo is floated "tight" (in
the photo formatting, the layout tab, "tight" is checked). Some are
aligned right, and some left. But that's all for their positioning.

In each paragraph, the photos float properly. Edit the text, the text
shifts, and the photos shift appropriately.

Except in the last paragraph in the two-column section. With that
one, I position the photo appropriately, but the MOMENT I make any
text edits - even adding one space somewhere in the document, and the
photo goes flying to the bottom of the page, far away from that
paragraph.

When I look at the formatting codes, the "anchor" for the picture is
positioned correctly. Or it appears to be anyway.

I have tried deleting the picture and reinserting it (all photos are
put in, by the way, by copying from a jpg file, pasting into the
document, then sizing and positioning to fit). I've tried saving the
document without the picture, closing Word, trying to put the picture
in - same result every time.

The only other quirk - the above stuff is quirksome enough, but
there's one more - is that the weird behavior seems to come only with
certain fonts. Californian FB and CAC Moose do this. Tahoma and
Arial don't.

What's going on?

This doesn't explain the above problem, but I kludge-solved it by
making the paragraph in question into a table (single column, single
row, invisible border). The photo behaves perfectly now.

Still don't know why I had to do that though.