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MS Office Forum / Word / Graphics / May 2007Word 2003; can't control text boxes
I'm working in documents that have screen shots of graphics inserted in line with text. I use text boxes around the screen shot to explain areas on the screen, and I point to the relevant areas from the text box to the appropriate part of the graphic. I group my text boxes and arrows so everything stays in place. Now when I ungroup the text boxes, etc., the in-line graphic moves below the text boxes and drawing objects. When I regroup them, the graphic is no longer in the right place (as if I asked for it to be behind the text as a layout option). I recently downloaded some updates from MS. Do you know what's going on? Joyce Instead of having your screen shot in line with text have you tried specifying text wrapping of say square or tight and grouping it along with your text boxes and arrows? > I'm working in documents that have screen shots of graphics inserted in line > with text. I use text boxes around the screen shot to explain areas on the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > updates from MS. Do you know what's going on? > Joyce I have, but I've found that less of a sure thing. I provide these files to clients and I like them to be rock solid. What has changed all of a sudden? I've never had to worry about this? I've been using Word 2003 for about 9 months now and all of a sudden this started happening last week. > Instead of having your screen shot in line with text have you tried > specifying text wrapping of say square or tight and grouping it along with [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > updates from MS. Do you know what's going on? > > Joyce Joyce: I've not experimented with Word 2003, but in no previous version have I experienced text boxe positions as being stable. The main problem I've encountered is with automatic page breaks, where the space before a heading is supressed. Sometimes the text boxes seem unaware of this supression. Perhaps there is a setting in Tools > Options > Compatibility that changed? Bear  SignatureWindows XP, Word 2000 > I have, but I've found that less of a sure thing. I provide these files to > clients and I like them to be rock solid. What has changed all of a sudden? [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > > updates from MS. Do you know what's going on? > > > Joyce I never had a lot of trouble (and certainly not of this magnitude) with text boxes before. The mystery is that I didn't change anything in my settings in Word 2003. All of a sudden, if I group my text boxes around an image that has the "in line with text" setting, it's as if word changed the text boxes's setting to also be "in line." Additionally, if I ungroup a bunch of grouped text boxes (created and grouped before this started happening) and then I regroup them to put them back to their original status (not Undo), the positioning of the "in line" image becomes messed up. Do you know if MS made any changes that were included in a download that might have caused this? > Joyce: > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > > > updates from MS. Do you know what's going on? > > > > Joyce Joyce: I'm the wrong person to ask about 2003 upgrades, as I use 2000. Sorry. But I'd also like to mention that AFAIK the customization settings I mentioned are specific to each document, not session-wide. Bear SignatureWindows XP, Word 2000 My experience with AutoShapes in general is that whenever you group them they become inline. This can be really annoying, but I've found the best thing to do is just finish whatever I'm going to do with them and then change the wrapping at the end (that is, it doesn't help to change the wrapping on any give object if it's going to change as soon as you group it with another). SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > I never had a lot of trouble (and certainly not of this magnitude) with text > boxes before. The mystery is that I didn't change anything in my settings in [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > > > > updates from MS. Do you know what's going on? > > > > > Joyce I just want to clarify: When you say "change the wrapping" are you suggesting to change all objects to "tight" or "in front of text?" Or should I not be grouping them? Alternatively, I've been playing with the drawing canvas this morning (I originally got rid of the drawing canvas in an attempt to make Word 2003 work like Word 2000). I inserted the graphic and text boxes on the drawing canvas, grouped everything, and all seems fine. The only thing I don't like is that if you then open that doc in 2000, the drawing canvas is treated like a transparent image underneath the other graphics. I don't really like the extra baggage. Thanks. Joyce > My experience with AutoShapes in general is that whenever you group them > they become inline. This can be really annoying, but I've found the best [quoted text clipped - 61 lines] > > > > > > updates from MS. Do you know what's going on? > > > > > > Joyce Presumably if you are grouping the objects, you want the wrapping to be the same on all of them. I'm just saying not to bother with the wrapping until you've added everything to the group that you intend to add, then change the wrapping on the group. Changing it on the individual objects is a waste of time because as soon as you group them, they become inline again. SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > I just want to clarify: When you say "change the wrapping" are you suggesting > to change all objects to "tight" or "in front of text?" Or should I not be [quoted text clipped - 76 lines] > > > > > > > updates from MS. Do you know what's going on? > > > > > > > Joyce |
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