Word draw paste position

[RichBevan in Florida]

MS Office Word 2003 (11.6502.6360) SP1....When copying a word draw picture in
first Word document to a second Word document...it is placed in the position
it was in ...in the first document. Would like to have the paste of the word
draw picture to be placed at the position of the curser in the second Word
document.

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[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

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MS Office Word 2003 (11.6502.6360) SP1....When copying a word draw picture in
first Word document to a second Word document...it is placed in the position
it was in ...in the first document. Would like to have the paste of the word
draw picture to be placed at the position of the curser in the second Word
document.

It would be very difficult (or impossible) to implement this suggestion as the
behavior you're seeing is a function of the possibilities Word provides to
layout graphics on the page. And what you want may be exactly what someone else
does not

Therefore, you need to understand the various layout options available that
affect where a graphic will appear:

1. If a graphic has no text flow formatting at all (it's "inline with the
text"), a pasted graphic will always appear where the cursor is.

2. A graphic may be formatted relative to the page, or relative to the text. It
will retain this formatting when you copy/paste. These settings are controlled
in the "Advanced" dialog box of the "Layout" tab when you're in the "Format
picture" Dialog box.

if you do not want any textflow formatting, then after pasting, all you need to
do is choose the "Inline with text" option from the "Text wrapping" list in the
Picture toolbar.

If you want to keep the textflow formatting, the easiest way would be to draw a
FRAME (from the Forms toolbar) or a text box (from the Drawing toolbar) where
you want the picture. Make sure the cursor is in that when you paste. Then
choose the "Inline with text" option, as described above. The picture will move
into the frame or box.

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

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