Don't upgrade as long as Word 2000 will do what you need. Word 2007 is quite
a paradigm shift, and it would take you a long time to regain productivity.
The improvements are mostly glitz; if your documents are fairly plain, you
don't need them. You can get an idea of what you would be dealing with using
the "test drive" at
http://www.runaware.com/microsoft/en...=launch_wizard.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"Gordon Biggar" wrote in message
...
I remember now why I used a frame for encompassing pictures. I believe it
was Suzanne Barnhill who put me on to this some years ago when I was
writing
a book that encompassed 95 photographs. Each photo had a caption below it
(e.g., Figure 1, etc.). By placing the frame around both the picture and
the caption, one could drag the combination without having to move (and
realign) both photos and captions separately.
On another subject: is Office 2007 a significant improvement over my
Office
2000? I use both Word and Excel for pretty basic stuff, and I haven't
felt
deprived. However, I don't want to run into the situation where older
files
are not recognized by more recent software. Or, is Microsoft working on
something newer, and it might pay to wait?
Thanks in advance.
Gordon Biggar
Houston, Texas
"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
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You do not need a frame to achieve your aim. If you right-click on the
inserted picture, change the Text Wrapping option from In Line to one of
the
floating options. Then you can drag them around and change the alignment.
But as to the Frame command, I remember that there was a mistake with
this
command and it was called something else rather weird but for the life of
me
I cannot remember what it was called (in my defense Word 2000 was a long
time and many incarnations ago).
--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP
"Gordon Biggar" wrote in message
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I understand the process, but I cannot locate the command "Frame" under
any
of the categories shown.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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The same way you add any other command to a menu or toolbar: Tools |
Customize, locate the command and drag it to the menu or toolbar. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...oToToolbar.htm
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"G.G. Biggar, Jr." wrote in message
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Formerly, I was able to insert a frame about a picture that I had
previously
inserted onto a page by using the INSERT option on the toolbar.
Now,
for
some reason, this command has disappeared. How do I reinstate the
FRAME
command within the INSERT dropdown option? I am using Office 2000.
Thanks in advance.
Gordon Biggar
Houston, Texas