Hi SM

No, there are no styles for pictures. However there are ways to use the
existing tools to help.

First, if you have Word 2002 or 2003, you can specify the default for
inserting pictures (eg in-line, square etc) at Tools Options Edit.
Choose the setting you use most often, so that most times you paste a
picture it will have the setting you need.

If your pictures are in-line, then you can create a style called, say,
Pictures. Modify the style to have the paragraph alignment, indents and
space before and after that you need. Make sure that line spacing in this
style is set to Single. Set the Pictures style to be followed by the style
you use for your captions (ideally, the built-in Caption style). Set the
Pictures style to "Keep with next" so that the picture will always stay on
the same page as the next paragraph, which holds the caption. If you need a
border around the whole picture + caption block, then give both the Pictures
and the Caption style the same border. Word will collapse the borders so
that you get one big border around the block, rather than individual borders
around the picture and the caption.

If you do that, you can paste your picture, apply the style, press Enter to
type the caption, and the whole chunk will be formatted as you need it.

If your caption is above the picture, modify the Caption style to "keep with
next" and make its following style the Pictures style.

However, if your pictures are floating, with a caption, then the best way is
with a frame. There is some information on the following page on frames:
How to keep a figure on the same page as its caption
http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/figu...thcaption.html

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


"SM" wrote in message ...
Hi,

I was wondering if there's a way to create a style for an object, eg. for
setting the top and bottom style plus a border plus associating subtitle
style companion, a.s.o., for a set of pics. The styles seem to be only
available for paragraphs, words, tables. I could probably manage with a
macro, but the styles'd be perfect for the purpose.
BTW, is there any way of making the text wrap around pics other than
setting the picture's style to something nonstandard? Like making this the
other way round, with the paragraphs having a property to wrap objects.
This would be particulary useful with simple wraps, like: 1st paragraph
part, cut to next page, picture from top, 2nd paragraph part follows after
pic.

thanks