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MS Office Forum / Word / Graphics / December 2003Ungroup moves objects in drawing
I use Word Picture to draw home designs. With 2002 XP Pro, when I ungroup a drawing, the lines I have drawn move randomly around the page. I do not use the canvas (what a total waste of time THAT concept was!) and I insert the drawings onto the page rather than draw within the document. Any ideas? Hi C, > I use Word Picture to draw home designs. With 2002 XP > Pro, when I ungroup a drawing, the lines I have drawn > move randomly around the page. I do not use the canvas > (what a total waste of time THAT concept was!) and I > insert the drawings onto the page rather than draw within > the document. What do you mean by "I insert the drawings onto the page rather than draw within the document"? Do you actually click a button named Word Picture to make the drawings? And how do you edit them, in the same Picture Editor? Or are you saying you then use Ungroup instead of going back into the Picture Editor? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003) http://www.mvps.org/word This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) Cindy, There are two ways to do drawings with Word XP. They can be done in the document window (on the original document page) by opening the drawing toolbar, or they can be inserted into the document using the <insert> <object> <Word Picture> sequence. I use the insert sequence. To edit the drawings, I double-click to reopen the drawing. >-----Original Message----- >Hi C, [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > >. Hi C, > they can be > inserted into the document using the <insert> <object> > <Word Picture> sequence. I use the insert sequence. > > To edit the drawings, I double-click to reopen the > drawing. And when you double-click and come back into the Word Picture Editor things move around? I've never seen anything like that happen, before. The closest I've ever seen to anything like that has been if someone inserts a graphic file into a textbox, the applies text wrap formatting to the picture. Did you do anything with text wrap formatting while working in the picture editor? Cindy Meister  SignatureINTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003) http://www.mvps.org/word This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) No, Cindy, I don't use the text wrap feature in graphics. Let me clear up one thing. Before I leave the Picture Editor, I always group the entire drawing. There's a quirk in Work that's been there since day one. If the entire drawing isn't grouped, it drops parts of the drawing on the right side of the page. Back in the days of Word Draw, that quirk existed as well. Anyway, when I ungroup the entire drawing, that's when the lines jump to new positions. If I delete those lines and redraw them, they stay put but other lines may move the next time. >-----Original Message----- >Hi C, [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > >. Hi C, > Let me clear up one thing. Before I leave the Picture > Editor, I always group the entire drawing. There's a [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > and redraw them, they stay put but other lines may move > the next time. Hmmm, I've never noticed the "cutting off" problem, as a general rule. But if that's the issue, then I might try drawing an empty box at the right, just wide enough to accomdate the problem you see? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003) http://www.mvps.org/word This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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