A wrapped image is anchored to a paragraph, usually at the beginning of the
paragraph. The image must appear on the same page as the anchor. If it
can't, the paragraph and the image will move to the next page. For example
a 3 inch high image set to the default absolute vertical position of 0"
below the paragraph won't fit on a page if its anchor is 2 inches from the
bottom margin. This is likely the cause of your short pages.
You could probably use several ways to fix this, which you use depends on
how big the image is, how much text is available, whether there are other
images nearby, and your preferences. Here are two:
You can drag the anchor (not the image) to a paragraph that is higher on the
page. Word tries to keep the image in its previous position on the page, so
if that's what you want, you could be done. If you move the anchor to the
next page, Word will also try to place it in the same position on the page
even though its the next page. That may be why it placed of your images on
top of another. Fix that by setting the position you want in the layout
options dialog.
The method I prefer is to set the positions in the layout options dialog. So
in the case of the 3" picture, I would set the absolute vertical position
to -1.25" below the paragraph. That -1.25 means the image would start above
the start of the paragraph and maybe line up with the bottom of the page.
All of this can be a lot of work in a long document, which is why I insert
images in line with text and wrap them later during copy fitting.
HTH,
Pam
Your questions answered:
1) Wrapped - usually through, although some of them (not the ones in
question but some throughout the text) are wrapped tight.
2) No, only Orphan control is on
3) These are snapshot images from PDFs....so unless I am missing something
(please tell me if I am) they are the size that I tell them to be, no bigger,
no smaller (unless I resize them).
It is driving me a bit crazy. I have one image that if I move it in ANY
direction for ANY reason....it jumps up to the next page instead and I find
it sitting on top of another image up there. I know images have a tendency
to jump around sometimes but this is craziness. ANY other suggestions are
appreciated...just want to get this silly thing done.
Thanks!
How are you inserting the images, in line with text or wrapped? We need to
know this, to come up with better suggestions.
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