I won't even touch the idea of your using a master document, which I would
advise you to combine into a single file before proceeding further. I would
also advise inserting as many as possible of the figures inline (whether
linked or embedded). An inline figure is part of the flow of text and will
always stay where you put it in relation to the text. Don't add text
wrapping unless you need to wrap text to the side of it; wrapping above and
below can be faked.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
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Hi folks...

I have a 300-page Word 2003 document (master with about a dozen
subdocuments), in which so far I have been putting text only, to avoid
messing around with pictures, text boxes and the like. However, a point
is coming at which I will need to add tens of such objects and would
like to do it properly.

In smaller documents, I have used text boxes and (as of Word 2003)
drawing panes, with sub-optimal results. Too often, the application
seems to have a mind of its own, moving objects to wrong sections of a
page or even to other pages every time it repaginates (e.g., as a
result of some more text added in). Needless to say, I have tried
tuning settings (e.g., text placement, anchors, etc.), but the problem
persists.

So, here are my questions:

(a) How can I add pictures and tables, with their captions, at exactly
the position I want in my document, without formatting headaches?

(b) If I link the pictures (instead of embedding them), how do I define
their size and position in the document?

(c) Should I add the objects through the master document (i.e., in its
"Print Layout"), or should I go and do that in the individual
subdocuments?

Thanks,

Dimitris