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Can't hide my graphics
Thank you!
I couldn't see the anchors because I had the graphics layout selected to "in-line". It was your mentioning of "in line" that got me going again. If you don't mind, please keep this conversation on your watch list for a while. I think I have all the information needed to make it work, but it will take me a while to get into the swing of it and I may have more questions. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Hi Gary, Every floating (that is, not in-line) graphic has an anchor, which is automatically created by Word when you insert the graphic or when you convert an in-line graphic to floating. By default it's placed at the start of the paragraph that contains the insertion point when you create the graphic. (Using a macro, you can anchor a graphic somewhere else than at the insertion point.) To see the anchor, once the option is selected, you have to click on the graphic to select it. The anchor is represented by an anchor-shaped icon in the left margin at the start of a paragraph. It may or may not be near the graphic itself, but will always be on the same page. If the paragraph containing the anchor moves to another page, the graphic will also move because they can never be on different pages. Normally you can grab the anchor icon and drag it to another paragraph. If you open the Format Picture dialog (whose name changes with the type of graphic, such as Format Text Box or Format AutoShape), go to the Layout tab and click Advanced, there's a checkbox for "Lock anchor"; when that's checked, you can't drag the anchor any longer. The icon then shows a lock symbol next to the anchor. In the same dialog, there's an option for "Move with text". When that's checked, if the anchor paragraph moves up or down the page, the graphic will move by the same amount. When it's unchecked, the text can move up or down but the graphic stays at the same location -- unless the text moves to another page, in which case the graphic gets pulled along with it. To clear one other point of confusion, the Print Layout view in Word XP was called the Page Layout view in earlier versions. Sometimes we have trouble keeping these name changes straight. :-) -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 11:14:56 -0700, "Gary Burton" wrote: Dear Jezebel: (Great name!) I am trying to make this work, but I can't see my anchors. Help file is no help. I found an article that tells me how to enable viewing object anchors. I made the selection in Tools--Options--View tab. The article says I can see the anchors if I go to the "page layout" view. I can't find a "page layout" view. I do have a "print layout" view. I am using Office XP. * Are the anchors automatically placed, or am I supposed to create them? If I should creat them, please tell me how. * How can I view the anchors now that I have elected to view "object anchors". "Jezebel" wrote in message .. . The trick is to hide the paragraph to which the graphic is anchored. You'll need to show object anchors (Tools Options), and you'll make life easier for yourself if you make a habit of locking the anchors. "Gary Burton" wrote in message ... I am making up a homework very long book for my students, and I want to also be able to print out an answer key also. It is very convenient to use hidden text because I can print it without the answers for the students and with the answers for myself. Although that works beauifully for text, many of the answers are drawings. Sometimes they are line drawings, sometimes bitmaps (Jpeg or Bmp), and I know of no way to hide the drawings or bitmaps. Can someone tell me how to do this? -- Gary Burton |
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