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Making visible the anchor point for floating drawing canvas
I followed http://www.ai.uga.edu/mc/FloatFigWord.pdf to create
floating figures. In Word 2003, the advanced layout options I used to put the drawing canvas at the top of a column we * Text Wrapping: Top and bottom * Picture Position: - Horizontal: "Alignment" "Left" relative to "Column" - Vertical: "Alignment" "Top" relative to "Margin" I can switch between the above positioning and "In line with text" to see where the figure is when it isn't floating. I also noted that even when the figure was floating, deleting the text where it resides when it is inline would also cause the floating figure to be deleted. This means there is an "anchor" point at the place where it resides when it is inline. Is there a way to make this anchor visible so that I don't go deleting it, and so that I know when the anchor is pushed to another new column when composing/editing? Tools-Options-View allows me to activate visibility of object anchors, but that's only when the object (the drawing canvas in this case) is selected. |
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On Aug 13, 3:56*pm, Paul wrote:
I followedhttp://www.ai.uga.edu/mc/FloatFigWord.pdfto create floating figures. *In Word 2003, the advanced layout options I used to put the drawing canvas at the top of a column we ** Text Wrapping: Top and bottom ** Picture Position: * * - Horizontal: "Alignment" "Left" relative to "Column" * * - Vertical: "Alignment" "Top" relative to "Margin" I can switch between the above *positioning and "In line with text" to see where the figure is when it isn't floating. *I also noted that even when the figure was floating, deleting the text where it resides when it is inline would also cause the floating figure to be deleted. This means there is an "anchor" point at the place where it resides when it is inline. Is there a way to make this anchor visible so that I don't go deleting it, and so that I know when the anchor is pushed to another new column when composing/editing? *Tools-Options-View allows me to activate visibility of object anchors, but that's only when the object (the drawing canvas in this case) is selected. Actually, even a confirmation of the certain inability of Word to persistently show anchors would be welcome. It's getting awkward composing my document while holding off on the proper placement of the figures to which I allude. Thanks. P.S. I'm using Word 2003 on Windows XP. |
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Making visible the anchor point for floating drawing canvas
You are correct in assuming that object anchors are displayed only when the
floating object is selected. You can move the anchor to any paragraph you like, however (on the same page). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Paul" wrote in message ... On Aug 13, 3:56 pm, Paul wrote: I followedhttp://www.ai.uga.edu/mc/FloatFigWord.pdfto create floating figures. In Word 2003, the advanced layout options I used to put the drawing canvas at the top of a column we * Text Wrapping: Top and bottom * Picture Position: - Horizontal: "Alignment" "Left" relative to "Column" - Vertical: "Alignment" "Top" relative to "Margin" I can switch between the above positioning and "In line with text" to see where the figure is when it isn't floating. I also noted that even when the figure was floating, deleting the text where it resides when it is inline would also cause the floating figure to be deleted. This means there is an "anchor" point at the place where it resides when it is inline. Is there a way to make this anchor visible so that I don't go deleting it, and so that I know when the anchor is pushed to another new column when composing/editing? Tools-Options-View allows me to activate visibility of object anchors, but that's only when the object (the drawing canvas in this case) is selected. Actually, even a confirmation of the certain inability of Word to persistently show anchors would be welcome. It's getting awkward composing my document while holding off on the proper placement of the figures to which I allude. Thanks. P.S. I'm using Word 2003 on Windows XP. |
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Making visible the anchor point for floating drawing canvas
Thanks, Suzanne. Are you aware of standard practices/tricks by Word
wizards to avoid inadvertently selecting floating figures/objects when highlighting entire paragraphs for cutting, deletion, or dragging? On Aug 13, 6:58*pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You are correct in assuming that object anchors are displayed only when the floating object is selected. You can move the anchor to any paragraph you like, however (on the same page). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "Paul" wrote in message ... On Aug 13, 3:56 pm, Paul wrote: I followedhttp://www.ai.uga.edu/mc/FloatFigWord.pdftocreate floating figures. In Word 2003, the advanced layout options I used to put the drawing canvas at the top of a column we * Text Wrapping: Top and bottom * Picture Position: - Horizontal: "Alignment" "Left" relative to "Column" - Vertical: "Alignment" "Top" relative to "Margin" I can switch between the above positioning and "In line with text" to see where the figure is when it isn't floating. I also noted that even when the figure was floating, deleting the text where it resides when it is inline would also cause the floating figure to be deleted. This means there is an "anchor" point at the place where it resides when it is inline. Is there a way to make this anchor visible so that I don't go deleting it, and so that I know when the anchor is pushed to another new column when composing/editing? Tools-Options-View allows me to activate visibility of object anchors, but that's only when the object (the drawing canvas in this case) is selected. Actually, even a confirmation of the certain inability of Word to persistently show anchors would be welcome. *It's getting awkward composing my document while holding off on the proper placement of the figures to which I allude. *Thanks. *P.S. *I'm using Word 2003 on Windows XP. |
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Making visible the anchor point for floating drawing canvas
If you select a paragraph to which a floating object is anchored, then it's
going to be cut or deleted or dragged along with it. I don't know any way around that. One more argument for having images inline whenever possible. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Paul" wrote in message ... Thanks, Suzanne. Are you aware of standard practices/tricks by Word wizards to avoid inadvertently selecting floating figures/objects when highlighting entire paragraphs for cutting, deletion, or dragging? On Aug 13, 6:58 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You are correct in assuming that object anchors are displayed only when the floating object is selected. You can move the anchor to any paragraph you like, however (on the same page). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "Paul" wrote in message ... On Aug 13, 3:56 pm, Paul wrote: I followedhttp://www.ai.uga.edu/mc/FloatFigWord.pdftocreate floating figures. In Word 2003, the advanced layout options I used to put the drawing canvas at the top of a column we * Text Wrapping: Top and bottom * Picture Position: - Horizontal: "Alignment" "Left" relative to "Column" - Vertical: "Alignment" "Top" relative to "Margin" I can switch between the above positioning and "In line with text" to see where the figure is when it isn't floating. I also noted that even when the figure was floating, deleting the text where it resides when it is inline would also cause the floating figure to be deleted. This means there is an "anchor" point at the place where it resides when it is inline. Is there a way to make this anchor visible so that I don't go deleting it, and so that I know when the anchor is pushed to another new column when composing/editing? Tools-Options-View allows me to activate visibility of object anchors, but that's only when the object (the drawing canvas in this case) is selected. Actually, even a confirmation of the certain inability of Word to persistently show anchors would be welcome. It's getting awkward composing my document while holding off on the proper placement of the figures to which I allude. Thanks. P.S. I'm using Word 2003 on Windows XP. |
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Making visible the anchor point for floating drawing canvas
I admit, it's way easier to edit the document with figures inline, but
for publication-ready documents, it takes less white space to put figures at the top or bottom of columns. For example, locating a figure at the top of a column means you only have to allot a margin of white space between the bottom of the figure and the text underneath. Multi-column figures also look better at the top or bottom of a page. I realize that this can be manually rigged up when no more revisions are needed to an article, but it is still laborious. Also, at least in my experience, I might think that a draft requires no more revisions, but more often than not, I'm wrong. I guess it's a wish-list item, for anchors to be persistently available. On Aug 16, 11:05*am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you select a paragraph to which a floating object is anchored, then it's going to be cut or deleted or dragged along with it. I don't know any way around that. One more argument for having images inline whenever possible.. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "Paul" wrote in message ... Thanks, Suzanne. *Are you aware of standard practices/tricks by Word wizards to avoid inadvertently selecting floating figures/objects when highlighting entire paragraphs for cutting, deletion, or dragging? On Aug 13, 6:58 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You are correct in assuming that object anchors are displayed only when the floating object is selected. You can move the anchor to any paragraph you like, however (on the same page). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "Paul" wrote in message ... On Aug 13, 3:56 pm, Paul wrote: I followedhttp://www.ai.uga.edu/mc/FloatFigWord.pdftocreate floating figures. In Word 2003, the advanced layout options I used to put the drawing canvas at the top of a column we * Text Wrapping: Top and bottom * Picture Position: - Horizontal: "Alignment" "Left" relative to "Column" - Vertical: "Alignment" "Top" relative to "Margin" I can switch between the above positioning and "In line with text" to see where the figure is when it isn't floating. I also noted that even when the figure was floating, deleting the text where it resides when it is inline would also cause the floating figure to be deleted. This means there is an "anchor" point at the place where it resides when it is inline. Is there a way to make this anchor visible so that I don't go deleting it, and so that I know when the anchor is pushed to another new column when composing/editing? Tools-Options-View allows me to activate visibility of object anchors, but that's only when the object (the drawing canvas in this case) is selected. Actually, even a confirmation of the certain inability of Word to persistently show anchors would be welcome. It's getting awkward composing my document while holding off on the proper placement of the figures to which I allude. Thanks. P.S. I'm using Word 2003 on Windows XP. |
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I agree with everything you say. The bottom line is that Word is not really
a page layout application. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Paul" wrote in message ... I admit, it's way easier to edit the document with figures inline, but for publication-ready documents, it takes less white space to put figures at the top or bottom of columns. For example, locating a figure at the top of a column means you only have to allot a margin of white space between the bottom of the figure and the text underneath. Multi-column figures also look better at the top or bottom of a page. I realize that this can be manually rigged up when no more revisions are needed to an article, but it is still laborious. Also, at least in my experience, I might think that a draft requires no more revisions, but more often than not, I'm wrong. I guess it's a wish-list item, for anchors to be persistently available. On Aug 16, 11:05 am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you select a paragraph to which a floating object is anchored, then it's going to be cut or deleted or dragged along with it. I don't know any way around that. One more argument for having images inline whenever possible. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "Paul" wrote in message ... Thanks, Suzanne. Are you aware of standard practices/tricks by Word wizards to avoid inadvertently selecting floating figures/objects when highlighting entire paragraphs for cutting, deletion, or dragging? On Aug 13, 6:58 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You are correct in assuming that object anchors are displayed only when the floating object is selected. You can move the anchor to any paragraph you like, however (on the same page). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "Paul" wrote in message ... On Aug 13, 3:56 pm, Paul wrote: I followedhttp://www.ai.uga.edu/mc/FloatFigWord.pdftocreate floating figures. In Word 2003, the advanced layout options I used to put the drawing canvas at the top of a column we * Text Wrapping: Top and bottom * Picture Position: - Horizontal: "Alignment" "Left" relative to "Column" - Vertical: "Alignment" "Top" relative to "Margin" I can switch between the above positioning and "In line with text" to see where the figure is when it isn't floating. I also noted that even when the figure was floating, deleting the text where it resides when it is inline would also cause the floating figure to be deleted. This means there is an "anchor" point at the place where it resides when it is inline. Is there a way to make this anchor visible so that I don't go deleting it, and so that I know when the anchor is pushed to another new column when composing/editing? Tools-Options-View allows me to activate visibility of object anchors, but that's only when the object (the drawing canvas in this case) is selected. Actually, even a confirmation of the certain inability of Word to persistently show anchors would be welcome. It's getting awkward composing my document while holding off on the proper placement of the figures to which I allude. Thanks. P.S. I'm using Word 2003 on Windows XP. |
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Making visible the anchor point for floating drawing canvas
Agreed, page layout lies more in the realm of powerpoint, perhaps to
layout promotional flyers or something. I'm considering floating figures as a standard capability for documentation software, and controllable persistent visibility of anchors as being a highly desirable feature for that capability when editting the document. On Aug 16, 2:41*pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I agree with everything you say. The bottom line is that Word is not really a page layout application. "Paul" wrote in message ... I admit, it's way easier to edit the document with figures inline, but for publication-ready documents, it takes less white space to put figures at the top or bottom of columns. *For example, locating a figure at the top of a column means you only have to allot a margin of white space between the bottom of the figure and the text underneath. Multi-column figures also look better at the top or bottom of a page. I realize that this can be manually rigged up when no more revisions are needed to an article, but it is still laborious. *Also, at least in my experience, I might think that a draft requires no more revisions, but more often than not, I'm wrong. I guess it's a wish-list item, for anchors to be persistently available. On Aug 16, 11:05 am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you select a paragraph to which a floating object is anchored, then it's going to be cut or deleted or dragged along with it. I don't know any way around that. One more argument for having images inline whenever possible. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "Paul" wrote in message ... Thanks, Suzanne. Are you aware of standard practices/tricks by Word wizards to avoid inadvertently selecting floating figures/objects when highlighting entire paragraphs for cutting, deletion, or dragging? On Aug 13, 6:58 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You are correct in assuming that object anchors are displayed only when the floating object is selected. You can move the anchor to any paragraph you like, however (on the same page). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "Paul" wrote in message .... On Aug 13, 3:56 pm, Paul wrote: I followedhttp://www.ai.uga.edu/mc/FloatFigWord.pdftocreate floating figures. In Word 2003, the advanced layout options I used to put the drawing canvas at the top of a column we * Text Wrapping: Top and bottom * Picture Position: - Horizontal: "Alignment" "Left" relative to "Column" - Vertical: "Alignment" "Top" relative to "Margin" I can switch between the above positioning and "In line with text" to see where the figure is when it isn't floating. I also noted that even when the figure was floating, deleting the text where it resides when it is inline would also cause the floating figure to be deleted. This means there is an "anchor" point at the place where it resides when it is inline. Is there a way to make this anchor visible so that I don't go deleting it, and so that I know when the anchor is pushed to another new column when composing/editing? Tools-Options-View allows me to activate visibility of object anchors, but that's only when the object (the drawing canvas in this case) is selected. Actually, even a confirmation of the certain inability of Word to persistently show anchors would be welcome. It's getting awkward composing my document while holding off on the proper placement of the figures to which I allude. Thanks. P.S. I'm using Word 2003 on Windows XP. |
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You mean Publisher. For the second paragraph, you've already mentioned
that you know FrameMaker. On Aug 23, 4:36*pm, Paul wrote: Agreed, page layout lies more in the realm of powerpoint, perhaps to layout promotional flyers or something. I'm considering floating figures as a standard capability for documentation software, and controllable persistent visibility of anchors as being a highly desirable feature for that capability when editting the document. On Aug 16, 2:41*pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I agree with everything you say. The bottom line is that Word is not really a page layout application. "Paul" wrote in message ... I admit, it's way easier to edit the document with figures inline, but for publication-ready documents, it takes less white space to put figures at the top or bottom of columns. *For example, locating a figure at the top of a column means you only have to allot a margin of white space between the bottom of the figure and the text underneath. Multi-column figures also look better at the top or bottom of a page. I realize that this can be manually rigged up when no more revisions are needed to an article, but it is still laborious. *Also, at least in my experience, I might think that a draft requires no more revisions, but more often than not, I'm wrong. I guess it's a wish-list item, for anchors to be persistently available. On Aug 16, 11:05 am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you select a paragraph to which a floating object is anchored, then it's going to be cut or deleted or dragged along with it. I don't know any way around that. One more argument for having images inline whenever possible. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "Paul" wrote in message .... Thanks, Suzanne. Are you aware of standard practices/tricks by Word wizards to avoid inadvertently selecting floating figures/objects when highlighting entire paragraphs for cutting, deletion, or dragging? On Aug 13, 6:58 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You are correct in assuming that object anchors are displayed only when the floating object is selected. You can move the anchor to any paragraph you like, however (on the same page). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "Paul" wrote in message ... On Aug 13, 3:56 pm, Paul wrote: I followedhttp://www.ai.uga.edu/mc/FloatFigWord.pdftocreate floating figures. In Word 2003, the advanced layout options I used to put the drawing canvas at the top of a column we * Text Wrapping: Top and bottom * Picture Position: - Horizontal: "Alignment" "Left" relative to "Column" - Vertical: "Alignment" "Top" relative to "Margin" I can switch between the above positioning and "In line with text" to see where the figure is when it isn't floating. I also noted that even when the figure was floating, deleting the text where it resides when it is inline would also cause the floating figure to be deleted. This means there is an "anchor" point at the place where it resides when it is inline. Is there a way to make this anchor visible so that I don't go deleting it, and so that I know when the anchor is pushed to another new column when composing/editing? Tools-Options-View allows me to activate visibility of object anchors, but that's only when the object (the drawing canvas in this case) is selected. Actually, even a confirmation of the certain inability of Word to persistently show anchors would be welcome. It's getting awkward composing my document while holding off on the proper placement of the figures to which I allude. Thanks. P.S. I'm using Word 2003 on Windows XP. |
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I said Powerpoint because I'm not familiar with Publisher (and in
fact, it's been a steep time getting familiar with Microsoft and M$ Office). Powerpoint is what I'd use if I had to do a flyer simply because I wouldn't have the time to learn another tool unless it was going to be a significant part of my work for a good chunk of time. I'm also unfamiliar with the availability of Publisher in my circumstances. Now, Framemaker....that's been something I haven't had access to for quite some time. On Aug 23, 5:31*pm, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: You mean Publisher. For the second paragraph, you've already mentioned that you know FrameMaker. On Aug 23, 4:36*pm, Paul wrote: Agreed, page layout lies more in the realm of powerpoint, perhaps to layout promotional flyers or something. I'm considering floating figures as a standard capability for documentation software, and controllable persistent visibility of anchors as being a highly desirable feature for that capability when editting the document. On Aug 16, 2:41*pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I agree with everything you say. The bottom line is that Word is not really a page layout application. "Paul" wrote in message .... I admit, it's way easier to edit the document with figures inline, but for publication-ready documents, it takes less white space to put figures at the top or bottom of columns. *For example, locating a figure at the top of a column means you only have to allot a margin of white space between the bottom of the figure and the text underneath. Multi-column figures also look better at the top or bottom of a page. I realize that this can be manually rigged up when no more revisions are needed to an article, but it is still laborious. *Also, at least in my experience, I might think that a draft requires no more revisions, but more often than not, I'm wrong. I guess it's a wish-list item, for anchors to be persistently available. On Aug 16, 11:05 am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you select a paragraph to which a floating object is anchored, then it's going to be cut or deleted or dragged along with it. I don't know any way around that. One more argument for having images inline whenever possible. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "Paul" wrote in message ... Thanks, Suzanne. Are you aware of standard practices/tricks by Word wizards to avoid inadvertently selecting floating figures/objects when highlighting entire paragraphs for cutting, deletion, or dragging? On Aug 13, 6:58 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You are correct in assuming that object anchors are displayed only when the floating object is selected. You can move the anchor to any paragraph you like, however (on the same page). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "Paul" wrote in message ... On Aug 13, 3:56 pm, Paul wrote: I followedhttp://www.ai.uga.edu/mc/FloatFigWord.pdftocreate floating figures. In Word 2003, the advanced layout options I used to put the drawing canvas at the top of a column we * Text Wrapping: Top and bottom * Picture Position: - Horizontal: "Alignment" "Left" relative to "Column" - Vertical: "Alignment" "Top" relative to "Margin" I can switch between the above positioning and "In line with text" to see where the figure is when it isn't floating. I also noted that even when the figure was floating, deleting the text where it resides when it is inline would also cause the floating figure to be deleted. This means there is an "anchor" point at the place where it resides when it is inline. Is there a way to make this anchor visible so that I don't go deleting it, and so that I know when the anchor is pushed to another new column when composing/editing? Tools-Options-View allows me to activate visibility of object anchors, but that's only when the object (the drawing canvas in this case) is selected. Actually, even a confirmation of the certain inability of Word to persistently show anchors would be welcome. It's getting awkward composing my document while holding off on the proper placement of the figures to which I allude. Thanks. P.S. I'm using Word 2003 on Windows XP. |
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Publisher is included in some Office SKUs, and the freestanding version is
generally reasonably priced. It's a very user-friendly product (with many built-in templates for fliers, brochures, etc.) with some fairly sophisticated capabilities (you can create CMYK color separations, for example). I think of PPT primarily for presentations, though I know that users who are most comfortable with it use it for much wider applications (in the same way that I do everything I can in Word because that's the program I'm most comfortable with). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Paul" wrote in message ... I said Powerpoint because I'm not familiar with Publisher (and in fact, it's been a steep time getting familiar with Microsoft and M$ Office). Powerpoint is what I'd use if I had to do a flyer simply because I wouldn't have the time to learn another tool unless it was going to be a significant part of my work for a good chunk of time. I'm also unfamiliar with the availability of Publisher in my circumstances. Now, Framemaker....that's been something I haven't had access to for quite some time. On Aug 23, 5:31 pm, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: You mean Publisher. For the second paragraph, you've already mentioned that you know FrameMaker. On Aug 23, 4:36 pm, Paul wrote: Agreed, page layout lies more in the realm of powerpoint, perhaps to layout promotional flyers or something. I'm considering floating figures as a standard capability for documentation software, and controllable persistent visibility of anchors as being a highly desirable feature for that capability when editting the document. On Aug 16, 2:41 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I agree with everything you say. The bottom line is that Word is not really a page layout application. "Paul" wrote in message ... I admit, it's way easier to edit the document with figures inline, but for publication-ready documents, it takes less white space to put figures at the top or bottom of columns. For example, locating a figure at the top of a column means you only have to allot a margin of white space between the bottom of the figure and the text underneath. Multi-column figures also look better at the top or bottom of a page. I realize that this can be manually rigged up when no more revisions are needed to an article, but it is still laborious. Also, at least in my experience, I might think that a draft requires no more revisions, but more often than not, I'm wrong. I guess it's a wish-list item, for anchors to be persistently available. On Aug 16, 11:05 am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you select a paragraph to which a floating object is anchored, then it's going to be cut or deleted or dragged along with it. I don't know any way around that. One more argument for having images inline whenever possible. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "Paul" wrote in message ... Thanks, Suzanne. Are you aware of standard practices/tricks by Word wizards to avoid inadvertently selecting floating figures/objects when highlighting entire paragraphs for cutting, deletion, or dragging? On Aug 13, 6:58 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You are correct in assuming that object anchors are displayed only when the floating object is selected. You can move the anchor to any paragraph you like, however (on the same page). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "Paul" wrote in message ... On Aug 13, 3:56 pm, Paul wrote: I followedhttp://www.ai.uga.edu/mc/FloatFigWord.pdftocreate floating figures. In Word 2003, the advanced layout options I used to put the drawing canvas at the top of a column we * Text Wrapping: Top and bottom * Picture Position: - Horizontal: "Alignment" "Left" relative to "Column" - Vertical: "Alignment" "Top" relative to "Margin" I can switch between the above positioning and "In line with text" to see where the figure is when it isn't floating. I also noted that even when the figure was floating, deleting the text where it resides when it is inline would also cause the floating figure to be deleted. This means there is an "anchor" point at the place where it resides when it is inline. Is there a way to make this anchor visible so that I don't go deleting it, and so that I know when the anchor is pushed to another new column when composing/editing? Tools-Options-View allows me to activate visibility of object anchors, but that's only when the object (the drawing canvas in this case) is selected. Actually, even a confirmation of the certain inability of Word to persistently show anchors would be welcome. It's getting awkward composing my document while holding off on the proper placement of the figures to which I allude. Thanks. P.S. I'm using Word 2003 on Windows XP. |
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