Re: Absolute position graphics jump around in two column text

You don't need section breaks--just page breaks--and you don't really even
need those if the graphic actually fills the page. There's no point in
wrapping the graphic if it's going to be on a page by itself. Make it In
Line With Text and don't insert it (or at least don't worry about placement)
till text editing is complete. Then break off your text at the last line on
a page, insert the graphic on the next page, and let the text continue
naturally on the following page. If the text is broken in the middle of a
paragraph and you have either justification or a first-line indent, you'll
need a couple of other kludges, but it can be done.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Nigel Davies" <NigelDavies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:EF86FAA7-52F2-400B-854D-52E1714B5876@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I picked up on the 'Allow overlap' check box from a previous post. I just
> tried the pair of next page section breaks suggestion (nice idea, thanks!)
> but when text is added or deleted earlier in the document it behaves like
a
> hard page break and you get either a blank page or a page with a couple of
> lines on it.
> Looks like I should switch to a page layout program for this job.
>
> "Jezebel" wrote:
>
> > Every graphic is anchored to a paragraph. To get a graphic on its own on
a
> > page, you'll need to cheat and put an empty paragraph in there. For some
> > purposes, a good approach is to insert a pair of next-page section
breaks,
> > then insert the graphic on the resulting blank page.
> >
> > The problem of graphics jumping around can be caused by the wrapping
setting
> > plus the 'Allow overlap' checkbox. If allow overlap is not checked and
you
> > have more than one graphic on the page, they may jump around trying to
keep
> > out of each other's way.
> >
> >
> > "Nigel Davies" <NigelDavies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:B429E82A-1B47-4D46-90B2-4BED5580CD83@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Thanks for the reply - so its not possible to have a full page picture
in
> > > an
> > > absolute position (page 2, say) with text flowing from page 1 to page
3?
> > > I uncheck the 'Move object with text' check box because I want the
picture
> > > to remain fixed in place. Do I still need to anchor the picture to a
> > > paragraph, or am I missing something?
> > > I can force remaining text on a column or page onto the next page by
> > > increasing the bottom margin of the picture - but this seems to be a
bit
> > > of a
> > > kludge and is not always successful.
> > >
> > > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
> > >
> > >> In no version of Word has it ever been possible to have wrapped
objects
> > >> alone on a page. Any wrapped object must be anchored to a text
paragraph
> > >> on
> > >> the same page.
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Suzanne 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.
> > >>
> > >> "Nigel Davies" <NigelDavies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message
> > >> news:E9C1BC3F-2F48-4B5D-B7C5-58D4D993271E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >> > I am trying to lay out a book in Word 2003 (no service packs). The
> > >> > layout
> > >> is
> > >> > landscape, two column with several odd page section breaks
separating
> > >> > the
> > >> > chapters. There are about 100 x 6Mb .tif pictures that I am
attempting
> > >> > to
> > >> > place by Insert/Linking. There are two problems:
> > >> > 1. The pictures are given an absolute position at the top of a
column
> > >> > or
> > >> > page, not linked to the text with full Word wrap. They keep
re-setting
> > >> > themselves to some other position on the same or next / previous
page.
> > >> > 2. I would like any column or page that contains a picture to
contain
> > >> > no
> > >> > other text (ie to force the remaining text on the page / column to
the
> > >> next
> > >> > page). I seem to remember in an earlier version of Word (or was it
> > >> > PageMaker?) a next page text wrap option - but it doesn't seem to
be in
> > >> Word
> > >> > 2003.
> > >> > Help appreciated!
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> >
> >

.

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