Leonard
Thu Nov 04 17:20:03 CST 2004
thank you for reply! what great, detailed, easy to follow explanations. i
wasn't performing any specific task, other than attempting to float a
word-art box. i'm always eager to learn more, & i really appreciate this
added info regarding the settings on the advanced options. many thanks! len
kiesling
"Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Hi Len,
>
> > after advanced, what should settings be?
>
> The settings should be whatever is needed for the effect you're trying to
> achieve. I know that's vague, but there are so many possibilities that the
> question doesn't mean much. It makes more sense to say "I want to to look
> *this* way, now how do I get that?" Are you putting pictures in a magazine
> article, a logo on a letterhead, clipart in a newsletter, an illustration
in
> a report,... ?
>
> The dialog has two tabs, Text Wrapping and Picture Position. On the Text
> Wrapping tab, select a wrapping style other than In Line With Text to
enable
> the other controls on both tabs.
>
> The settings in the bottom half of the Text Wrapping tab are pretty
> self-explanatory. You should play a bit with the ones in the Wrap Text
> section to see how they behave when there's enough text around the picture
> to show the wrapping boundaries. (If you use clip art or other graphics
with
> irregular boundaries, try Tight wrapping -- it's a lot of fun!)
>
> On the Picture Position tab, the Horizontal and Vertical controls let you
> align the picture to the margins or page edges, or at some specific
distance
> from them. If you drag the picture on the page, that position will be
> reflected in this dialog as an absolute position. You can get finer
position
> control -- to the hundredth of an inch -- by typing numbers into the
dialog
> than by dragging, which helps in getting pictures aligned with each other.
> Again, experiment to see what these settings do, so you'll know how they
> behave when you want to use them for serious work.
>
> The "Options" check boxes at the bottom control whether the picture moves
> down the page as more text is added above it; whether the picture's anchor
> is protected from being dragged from one paragraph to another; whether two
> floating pictures will overlap or one will be forced out from under the
> other; and whether the picture will stay inside a table or be forced
outside
> the table. These are fairly advanced options that you probably don't need
to
> worry about.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:
http://word.mvps.org
>
> Leonard F Kiesling wrote:
> > thanks for replies! jay, after advanced, what should settings be?&
> > also, you folks are GREAT!!! it worked!!! i cannot thank you enough!
> > i did use the animated help & the help files in word, & microsort
> > knowledge base before posting. i was unsucessful in finding an
> > answer, so i wrote in. with extreme gratitude, len kiesling
> >
> > "Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman@verizon.net> wrote in message
> > news:%23caE2bbwEHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> >> Hi Len,
> >>
> >> In previous versions, WordArt and all other graphics were
> >> automatically inserted as floating objects, and you had no choice
> >> about it. Now there's an option in Tools > Options > Edit for
> >> "Insert/paste pictures as", and its default setting is "In line with
> >> text".
> >>
> >> You can change the option to any of the other settings, such as
> >> Square, and the graphics will be created as floating objects.
> >> Personally, I prefer the in-line setting as the default; when I want
> >> some graphic to float, I select it and use the Text Wrapping button
> >> on the Picture toolbar or WordArt toolbar to change it to Square. If
> >> you want even more control, click the Format button on the toolbar,
> >> go to the Layout tab, and click the Advanced button.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Regards,
> >> Jay Freedman
> >> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:
http://word.mvps.org
> >>
> >> Leonard F. Kiesling wrote:
> >>> using microsoft word 2002. new dell desktop computer, 2 weeks old.
> >>> in my old computer, using word 97. when i create a word art box, i
> >>> am able to drag the box anywhere on the page by holding down the
> >>> left button & dragging. in word 2002, i cannot do this. the word
> >>> art box will not drag. is there a setting i can change in word 2002
> >>> which will allow it to float on the page? thank you, len kiesling.
>
>