inline objects <-> floating objects

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From: eric theise (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/24/04 

Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 15:56:03 -0700

We're having problems, wrestling with graphics in Word 2000 and Word X. From what I've read, it seems that we'd be better off using inline objects and frames instead of floating objects. We never need to put graphics behind of or in front of text. We're generating reports and proposals that require graphs, images, and tables, usually with captions, that should behave in a predictable manner to the co-authors of the documents.

Some questions:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/DrwGrphcs/DrawLayer.htm and other resources linked from that doc talk about converting floating objects to inline objects by selecting Format + Picture, Layout, Inline with Text. I do this, and expect that the graphics will then be viewable in Normal View. But they are not, and I do not believe that they've been converted.

How can you tell what layer a graphic lives in? How can you change it?

Finally, is it really necessary to run VBA code to reconfigure Word so that dragged images become inline objects and not floating objects?

Thanks, Eric