Re: anchoring a frame but not to a header

I honestly can't remember 2000, but I believe it was the same...

What I was indicating is that if you select a Picture the Format Menu will
have Picture at the bottom, if you select a text box that same position in
the menu will display Text Box - IOW, the command is contextual depending on
what you have selected at the time. By the same token, if you have *no*
object selected there will be no Format <object type> at all - or it may be
dimmed... Like I say, it's been a while since I've worked with 2000 and
don't have it available to check.

However, you can also get to the appropriate dialog by right-clicking the
*boundary* of a text box or frame, or directly on a picture, WordArt object,
etc. The Format <whatever> command will appear in the contextual menu.

I don't see any reason to upgrade if 2000 serves you well - it is one of the
most stable releases of Office. If you do consider upgrading for the
additional features & improvements, skip 2002 altogether (no matter how
cheap you can get it :-)) and go directly to 2003. If considering 2007, I'd
strongly recommend that you scrutinize it before paying the price... Not
being judgmental as far as "better/worse", it's just *radically* different.

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



On 8/19/07 4:42 AM, in article
EB11F69E-FB1D-4CDA-8A6A-9749C7443032@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, "AML"
<AML@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks for that. However, I don't have an option <type of object> under
Format. I'm running Office 2000 Pro - mainly because I needed Access. Never
upgraded because "if it ain't broke..." Is there a fix, or will I need to
upgrade?

"CyberTaz" wrote:

Just for clarity let me emphasize one key point - *nothing* in Word can be
anchored to a *page* because pages do not exist. Pagination is imposed on
the document content by margin settings & the printer :-)

The point Suzanne was making is that _if_ you anchor a graphic object to the
*very first paragraph* of a document you may have luck keeping it there
because it is at the very beginning of the text flow. Since the location of
that paragraph is not likely to change the position of the graphic
in/anchored to it is less likely to change as well. IOW, "very beginning"
means precisely that, not to be loosely interpreted as 'somewhere near the
beginning'.

A floating object anchored to that very first paragraph can have its
position specified through the Format> <type of object> dialog using the
Horizontal & Vertical options. (For objects other than Frames, on the Layout
tab, click the Advanced button & set the specifications as needed.)

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



On 8/18/07 3:20 PM, in article
6D55AD73-9DBF-4EB1-A228-6116730BD3B8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, "AML"
<AML@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I'm trying to anchor a frame to the bottom of the page but not to a header
or
a footer. Nor do i want to use the footer - I want to use that to say 1 of 1
etc.

In another thread Suzanne said this in relation to anchoring and not have it
move:
The only place you can put *anything* and have a realistic expectation of it
staying there is the Header/Footer layer. [One possible exception being at
the very beginning of the document.]

The one possible exception is exactly what i want to do. At the very
beginning of my document, without using the header facility, I nevertheless
have a 'header' - it is a graphic stretching across the page.

Can I anchor my frame to this and if so how?




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