[Guy Lydig]

My original question: Can someone please explain the seemingly random
movement of textbooks or drawing objects when moved using the mouse or the
arrow keys.

I still do not have an answer to this.

In regard to the previous posts in this thread:

I would like to thank everyone for your responses. Doug, I explained in an
earlier post that I was trying to avoid measuring each column's vertical and
horizontal position which is why I did not want to use the Advanced button on
the Layout tab of the Format Text Box dialog box.

I solved the problem like this:
After I created the table, I zoomed so the entire table appeared on screen.
After taking a screen shot, pasting in a new doc and cropping it as needed, I
copied and pasted the picture in a Header in the document with the table.
(Apparently, in a Header, pictures can take up the entire page but tables can
only take up half a page.) Another strange Word anomaly.

I then resized both "tables" so they were identical. In the real table, I
removed all borders and text. Then I merged each column individually so each
one wraps.

DONE. I don't even want to look at this again.



"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

I would suggest that you position and size the textbox by using the Format
Text Box dialog and for the position, click on the Advanced button on the
Layout tab.

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com
"Guy Lydig" wrote in message
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Please explain the seemingly inexplicable movement of text boxes.

I have a table with 7 columns and 21 rows. I want to place a text box over
each column and size and align it exactly with the underlying column. (We
are
planning on using Dragon Naturally Speaking to enter text and I want text
to
wrap properly without making the rows grow.)

Why, oh why, when I use the mouse or the arrows to move the text box by
clicking its border first, does the text box have a mind of its own.
Sometimes when I press the down arrow it goes down and sometimes it goes
up.
If I use the mouse to move it up/down a fraction of an inch, it sometimes
moves much more. I have tried using the Advanced Settings but I clearly
don't
know what I am doing--and the ? is less than helpful.

Also, sometimes the text box displaces text in the table while other times
it does not.

If someone can help me understand this behavior, I would be extremely
grateful.