[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Think about it: If you didn't have the picture behind the text, you wouldn't
be able to place the cursor anywhere on the page and type, either. And
that's what you're doing--just entering text in a document that happens to
have a background picture. Either enable (shudder) "Click and type," which
will allow you to type anywhere (double-click where you want to type), or
use normal text placement techniques (tabs, indents, Space Before), or
insert text boxes or frames to contain the text.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Mike" wrote in message
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Thanks macropod,

I tried putting the image in a header, but it doesn't work. I just get
the "grab" icon when I click any place in the image.

I don't know why "text through image" and "send behind text" don't do the
job.

I have been able to overtype the form just as you would do with a
typewriter: enter key, tab keys, space bar and alpha/num keys. But I
can't just put the cursor anywhere on the form and type - again, I just
get the "grab" cursor anywhere I click with the mouse.

To get to a spot, say in the middle of the form, I have to hit enter key
(cursor starts at top left of the form) 15 or 20 times to get it to the
line I want and then tab or space over to the location on that line.

Should be and interesting experiment for someone to test. Just scan any 8
1/2 by 11 paper and try to get it to work.

Thanks again

"macropod" wrote in message
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Hi Mike,

You could put the image into the document header, rather than the body.
Then you should be able to type over it in the normal manner.

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Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]


"Mike" wrote in message
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I scanned a vendor form as a .jpg and inserted it as a full page into
Win07. I "sent the picture to the back." I want to print over the pic
(fill out the form), print it and send it back to the vendor. I can't
move the cursor with the mouse, but it will respond to the tab, space and
left-arrow keys. I would like to be able to type over the pic in the
normal fashion of entering text.

Any solution or suggestion?

PS: I didn't scan by OCR because the form has graphics and bar codes,
etc.