Hi ????? ??:

His answer is actually "complete" :-)  You cannot anchor anything to a
"page" in Word because the document file structure does not contain any
"pages".

Word inserts page-breaks into the document at output time, on the way to the
screen or the printer.  It doesn't store them in the file, so they do not
exist as things you can anchor anything to.

What you can do is anchor something to a paragraph, then specify a position
for that item relative to the edge of the page upon which the paragraph
lands.  The trick then becomes preventing the paragraph from changing to a
different page.  You can do this various ways: one of the simples is
anchoring to a Heading paragraph that has a style that specifies "Page Break
Before" so that it is always at the top of a new page.

However, when you start doing this sort of thing, it is time to have a
serious think about whether you should be moving this piece of work to a
different applicatiuon.  Word is not the right tool for doing page layout.
If you only have to do one or two of these in a book, then I would carry on
in Word.  But if you have three of these on every page, it's time to invest
in proper page layout software such as Adobe InDesign.

Word is a "word-processor".  It is designed to allow pages to move around
for best fit, and for items to move around on the pages.  Word is designed
to make upo your pages automatically.  Page Layout software is designed in
the opposite manner: you begin by creating empty pages, then placing items
in specific positions on the pages.  Different job to do, different way of
working.

Hope this helps

Sorry -

I inadvertently stuck my sig in the wrong place - the entire message is
there but got split :( It should have read as:

John's reply is more thorough, anyway, but states pretty much the same
thing.

Also, based on your latest post, I sincerely hope you constantly maintain a
safe backup of that file. No offense, but if I correctly understand your
description the file is quite likely to become corrupt. I fully agree with
John that this type of work needs to be done in a program designed for the
purpose. You could still do your composition in Word if you wish, then
Import/Place the content into a desktop publishing file for layout.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac