[laceyjo]

I am doing a mail merge for labels for Christmas cards. I am trying to
insert a graphic but I want the address that I have typed to be centred
within the graphic. At the moment, when I do this, the text jumps up to the
top of the graphic and if I try and cut/paste it wont work. If I press
enter, the entire document moves down. Could someone possibly explain how
exactly this can be done please?

[laceyjo]

I should also have added that I would like the text to be in the foreground
centered, and the graphic to be in the background. The graphic is from
clipart.

"laceyjo" wrote:

I am doing a mail merge for labels for Christmas cards. I am trying to
insert a graphic but I want the address that I have typed to be centred
within the graphic. At the moment, when I do this, the text jumps up to the
top of the graphic and if I try and cut/paste it wont work. If I press
enter, the entire document moves down. Could someone possibly explain how
exactly this can be done please?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"laceyjo" wrote in message
...
I should also have added that I would like the text to be in the
foreground
centered, and the graphic to be in the background. The graphic is from
clipart.

"laceyjo" wrote:

I am doing a mail merge for labels for Christmas cards. I am trying to
insert a graphic but I want the address that I have typed to be centred
within the graphic. At the moment, when I do this, the text jumps up to
the
top of the graphic and if I try and cut/paste it wont work. If I press
enter, the entire document moves down. Could someone possibly explain
how
exactly this can be done please?

[laceyjo]

Thank you for the link. Unfortunately, I do not fully understand it. The
explains shows the procedure for formatting Wordart. I want to insert an
angel image from clipart and have the text centered and have the angel image
on the background. Is there a step by step way to be shown how to do this
please?

Many Thanks

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"laceyjo" wrote in message
...
I should also have added that I would like the text to be in the
foreground
centered, and the graphic to be in the background. The graphic is from
clipart.

"laceyjo" wrote:

I am doing a mail merge for labels for Christmas cards. I am trying to
insert a graphic but I want the address that I have typed to be centred
within the graphic. At the moment, when I do this, the text jumps up to
the
top of the graphic and if I try and cut/paste it wont work. If I press
enter, the entire document moves down. Could someone possibly explain
how
exactly this can be done please?

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Paste the clipart into a label, select it and then from the format menu,
select Picture and on the Format Picture dialog, go to the Layout tab and
select the Behind Text option. You may want to go the the Size tab and
uncheck the Lock aspect ratio control so that you can drag the borders of
the picture to fill the cell completely. You will need to turn on the
Drawing toolbar and click on the Select objects button at the left hand end
of the toolbar to be able to select the picture once you had sent it behind
the text. You may want to set the Picture to "Washout" using the Picture
tab of the Format Picture dialog.

Once you have the picture the way that you want, you can copy it to the
other labels and you can just enter and align your text on the labels as if
the picture was not there.

--
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

"laceyjo" wrote in message
...
Thank you for the link. Unfortunately, I do not fully understand it. The
explains shows the procedure for formatting Wordart. I want to insert an
angel image from clipart and have the text centered and have the angel
image
on the background. Is there a step by step way to be shown how to do this
please?

Many Thanks

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"laceyjo" wrote in message
...
I should also have added that I would like the text to be in the
foreground
centered, and the graphic to be in the background. The graphic is from
clipart.

"laceyjo" wrote:

I am doing a mail merge for labels for Christmas cards. I am trying
to
insert a graphic but I want the address that I have typed to be
centred
within the graphic. At the moment, when I do this, the text jumps up
to
the
top of the graphic and if I try and cut/paste it wont work. If I
press
enter, the entire document moves down. Could someone possibly
explain
how
exactly this can be done please?

[laceyjo]

Thank you for your instructions. I have got so far and am stuck at the bit
where I have to copy the edited/washedout image onto the other labels. This
label is the very first one, the top left hand one. When I click on copy and
go to paste it onto the empty labels, it automatically jumps back to paste on
top of the edited label and it appears as the "unwashed" one. What have I
dont wrong?



"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Paste the clipart into a label, select it and then from the format menu,
select Picture and on the Format Picture dialog, go to the Layout tab and
select the Behind Text option. You may want to go the the Size tab and
uncheck the Lock aspect ratio control so that you can drag the borders of
the picture to fill the cell completely. You will need to turn on the
Drawing toolbar and click on the Select objects button at the left hand end
of the toolbar to be able to select the picture once you had sent it behind
the text. You may want to set the Picture to "Washout" using the Picture
tab of the Format Picture dialog.

Once you have the picture the way that you want, you can copy it to the
other labels and you can just enter and align your text on the labels as if
the picture was not there.

--
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

"laceyjo" wrote in message
...
Thank you for the link. Unfortunately, I do not fully understand it. The
explains shows the procedure for formatting Wordart. I want to insert an
angel image from clipart and have the text centered and have the angel
image
on the background. Is there a step by step way to be shown how to do this
please?

Many Thanks

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"laceyjo" wrote in message
...
I should also have added that I would like the text to be in the
foreground
centered, and the graphic to be in the background. The graphic is from
clipart.

"laceyjo" wrote:

I am doing a mail merge for labels for Christmas cards. I am trying
to
insert a graphic but I want the address that I have typed to be
centred
within the graphic. At the moment, when I do this, the text jumps up
to
the
top of the graphic and if I try and cut/paste it wont work. If I
press
enter, the entire document moves down. Could someone possibly
explain
how
exactly this can be done please?

[laceyjo]

Thanks for your detailed reply. I have got as far as the bit where I have to
copy the edited/washedout image onto the rest of the labels on the page.
When I click copy and go to the other labels and select paste, it
automatically jumps back to the first label and pastes it on top and it
appears as the unwashed image.

What have I done wrong?

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Paste the clipart into a label, select it and then from the format menu,
select Picture and on the Format Picture dialog, go to the Layout tab and
select the Behind Text option. You may want to go the the Size tab and
uncheck the Lock aspect ratio control so that you can drag the borders of
the picture to fill the cell completely. You will need to turn on the
Drawing toolbar and click on the Select objects button at the left hand end
of the toolbar to be able to select the picture once you had sent it behind
the text. You may want to set the Picture to "Washout" using the Picture
tab of the Format Picture dialog.

Once you have the picture the way that you want, you can copy it to the
other labels and you can just enter and align your text on the labels as if
the picture was not there.

--
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

"laceyjo" wrote in message
...
Thank you for the link. Unfortunately, I do not fully understand it. The
explains shows the procedure for formatting Wordart. I want to insert an
angel image from clipart and have the text centered and have the angel
image
on the background. Is there a step by step way to be shown how to do this
please?

Many Thanks

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"laceyjo" wrote in message
...
I should also have added that I would like the text to be in the
foreground
centered, and the graphic to be in the background. The graphic is from
clipart.

"laceyjo" wrote:

I am doing a mail merge for labels for Christmas cards. I am trying
to
insert a graphic but I want the address that I have typed to be
centred
within the graphic. At the moment, when I do this, the text jumps up
to
the
top of the graphic and if I try and cut/paste it wont work. If I
press
enter, the entire document moves down. Could someone possibly
explain
how
exactly this can be done please?

[Graham Mayor]

This is explained in the link posted earlier. The fact that I chose to use
Word Art is really irrelevant. This is just a type of graphic. Once you have
the graphic in the first label revert to the procedure shown in that link
http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm . A workaround for the problem
you are having is described there below the watermark images

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



laceyjo wrote:
Thanks for your detailed reply. I have got as far as the bit where I
have to copy the edited/washedout image onto the rest of the labels
on the page. When I click copy and go to the other labels and select
paste, it automatically jumps back to the first label and pastes it
on top and it appears as the unwashed image.

What have I done wrong?

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Paste the clipart into a label, select it and then from the format
menu, select Picture and on the Format Picture dialog, go to the
Layout tab and select the Behind Text option. You may want to go
the the Size tab and uncheck the Lock aspect ratio control so that
you can drag the borders of the picture to fill the cell completely.
You will need to turn on the Drawing toolbar and click on the Select
objects button at the left hand end of the toolbar to be able to
select the picture once you had sent it behind the text. You may
want to set the Picture to "Washout" using the Picture tab of the
Format Picture dialog.

Once you have the picture the way that you want, you can copy it to
the other labels and you can just enter and align your text on the
labels as if the picture was not there.

--
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

"laceyjo" wrote in message
...
Thank you for the link. Unfortunately, I do not fully understand
it. The explains shows the procedure for formatting Wordart. I
want to insert an angel image from clipart and have the text
centered and have the angel image
on the background. Is there a step by step way to be shown how to
do this please?

Many Thanks

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"laceyjo" wrote in message
...
I should also have added that I would like the text to be in the
foreground centered, and the graphic to be in the background.
The graphic is from clipart.

"laceyjo" wrote:

I am doing a mail merge for labels for Christmas cards. I am
trying to
insert a graphic but I want the address that I have typed to be
centred
within the graphic. At the moment, when I do this, the text
jumps up to
the
top of the graphic and if I try and cut/paste it wont work. If I
press
enter, the entire document moves down. Could someone possibly
explain
how
exactly this can be done please?

[laceyjo]

Okay Many thanks Graham! I have now cracked it. I have my angel graphic set
behind the text and have my text in front. There is only one problem now, I
have centred my text but instead of the text being centred at the top of the
label, I want it centred back smack in the middle of my angel graphic. When
I press enter, thinking this will move the text down a line or so, the entire
thing, text and graphic move down together. How can I just get the text to
move down a tad?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

This is explained in the link posted earlier. The fact that I chose to use
Word Art is really irrelevant. This is just a type of graphic. Once you have
the graphic in the first label revert to the procedure shown in that link
http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm . A workaround for the problem
you are having is described there below the watermark images

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



laceyjo wrote:
Thanks for your detailed reply. I have got as far as the bit where I
have to copy the edited/washedout image onto the rest of the labels
on the page. When I click copy and go to the other labels and select
paste, it automatically jumps back to the first label and pastes it
on top and it appears as the unwashed image.

What have I done wrong?

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Paste the clipart into a label, select it and then from the format
menu, select Picture and on the Format Picture dialog, go to the
Layout tab and select the Behind Text option. You may want to go
the the Size tab and uncheck the Lock aspect ratio control so that
you can drag the borders of the picture to fill the cell completely.
You will need to turn on the Drawing toolbar and click on the Select
objects button at the left hand end of the toolbar to be able to
select the picture once you had sent it behind the text. You may
want to set the Picture to "Washout" using the Picture tab of the
Format Picture dialog.

Once you have the picture the way that you want, you can copy it to
the other labels and you can just enter and align your text on the
labels as if the picture was not there.

--
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

"laceyjo" wrote in message
...
Thank you for the link. Unfortunately, I do not fully understand
it. The explains shows the procedure for formatting Wordart. I
want to insert an angel image from clipart and have the text
centered and have the angel image
on the background. Is there a step by step way to be shown how to
do this please?

Many Thanks

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"laceyjo" wrote in message
...
I should also have added that I would like the text to be in the
foreground centered, and the graphic to be in the background.
The graphic is from clipart.

"laceyjo" wrote:

I am doing a mail merge for labels for Christmas cards. I am
trying to
insert a graphic but I want the address that I have typed to be
centred
within the graphic. At the moment, when I do this, the text
jumps up to
the
top of the graphic and if I try and cut/paste it wont work. If I
press
enter, the entire document moves down. Could someone possibly
explain
how
exactly this can be done please?

[Graham Mayor]

Tables use Normal style - Because of the difficulties of combining floating
images and text in labels I would be inclined to reformat normal style for
this document to include sufficient 'space before' inthe paragraph format of
the style to push the text down to where you want it, then use shift+enter
to break the lines.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



laceyjo wrote:
Okay Many thanks Graham! I have now cracked it. I have my angel
graphic set behind the text and have my text in front. There is only
one problem now, I have centred my text but instead of the text being
centred at the top of the label, I want it centred back smack in the
middle of my angel graphic. When I press enter, thinking this will
move the text down a line or so, the entire thing, text and graphic
move down together. How can I just get the text to move down a tad?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

This is explained in the link posted earlier. The fact that I chose
to use Word Art is really irrelevant. This is just a type of
graphic. Once you have the graphic in the first label revert to the
procedure shown in that link
http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm . A workaround for the
problem you are having is described there below the watermark images

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



laceyjo wrote:
Thanks for your detailed reply. I have got as far as the bit where
I have to copy the edited/washedout image onto the rest of the
labels on the page. When I click copy and go to the other labels
and select paste, it automatically jumps back to the first label
and pastes it on top and it appears as the unwashed image.

What have I done wrong?

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Paste the clipart into a label, select it and then from the format
menu, select Picture and on the Format Picture dialog, go to the
Layout tab and select the Behind Text option. You may want to go
the the Size tab and uncheck the Lock aspect ratio control so that
you can drag the borders of the picture to fill the cell
completely. You will need to turn on the Drawing toolbar and click
on the Select objects button at the left hand end of the toolbar
to be able to select the picture once you had sent it behind the
text. You may want to set the Picture to "Washout" using the
Picture tab of the Format Picture dialog.

Once you have the picture the way that you want, you can copy it to
the other labels and you can just enter and align your text on the
labels as if the picture was not there.

--
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

"laceyjo" wrote in message
...
Thank you for the link. Unfortunately, I do not fully understand
it. The explains shows the procedure for formatting Wordart. I
want to insert an angel image from clipart and have the text
centered and have the angel image
on the background. Is there a step by step way to be shown how to
do this please?

Many Thanks

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"laceyjo" wrote in message
...
I should also have added that I would like the text to be in the
foreground centered, and the graphic to be in the background.
The graphic is from clipart.

"laceyjo" wrote:

I am doing a mail merge for labels for Christmas cards. I am
trying to
insert a graphic but I want the address that I have typed to be
centred
within the graphic. At the moment, when I do this, the text
jumps up to
the
top of the graphic and if I try and cut/paste it wont work.
If I press
enter, the entire document moves down. Could someone possibly
explain
how
exactly this can be done please?

[laceyjo]

Ok I could not fathom that bit out sorry. Instead, I have cheated. I
formatted the graphic how I wanted it, saved it as autotext. Then printed
out a whole sheet of labels with the graphic. Then opened up a new document
and inserted the text I required, then the labels with the graphics printed
on them, I insterted them into the printer and voila! I just didn't follow
the correct procedure.

Thanks for your help.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Tables use Normal style - Because of the difficulties of combining floating
images and text in labels I would be inclined to reformat normal style for
this document to include sufficient 'space before' inthe paragraph format of
the style to push the text down to where you want it, then use shift+enter
to break the lines.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



laceyjo wrote:
Okay Many thanks Graham! I have now cracked it. I have my angel
graphic set behind the text and have my text in front. There is only
one problem now, I have centred my text but instead of the text being
centred at the top of the label, I want it centred back smack in the
middle of my angel graphic. When I press enter, thinking this will
move the text down a line or so, the entire thing, text and graphic
move down together. How can I just get the text to move down a tad?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

This is explained in the link posted earlier. The fact that I chose
to use Word Art is really irrelevant. This is just a type of
graphic. Once you have the graphic in the first label revert to the
procedure shown in that link
http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm . A workaround for the
problem you are having is described there below the watermark images

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



laceyjo wrote:
Thanks for your detailed reply. I have got as far as the bit where
I have to copy the edited/washedout image onto the rest of the
labels on the page. When I click copy and go to the other labels
and select paste, it automatically jumps back to the first label
and pastes it on top and it appears as the unwashed image.

What have I done wrong?

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Paste the clipart into a label, select it and then from the format
menu, select Picture and on the Format Picture dialog, go to the
Layout tab and select the Behind Text option. You may want to go
the the Size tab and uncheck the Lock aspect ratio control so that
you can drag the borders of the picture to fill the cell
completely. You will need to turn on the Drawing toolbar and click
on the Select objects button at the left hand end of the toolbar
to be able to select the picture once you had sent it behind the
text. You may want to set the Picture to "Washout" using the
Picture tab of the Format Picture dialog.

Once you have the picture the way that you want, you can copy it to
the other labels and you can just enter and align your text on the
labels as if the picture was not there.

--
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

"laceyjo" wrote in message
...
Thank you for the link. Unfortunately, I do not fully understand
it. The explains shows the procedure for formatting Wordart. I
want to insert an angel image from clipart and have the text
centered and have the angel image
on the background. Is there a step by step way to be shown how to
do this please?

Many Thanks

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"laceyjo" wrote in message
...
I should also have added that I would like the text to be in the
foreground centered, and the graphic to be in the background.
The graphic is from clipart.

"laceyjo" wrote:

I am doing a mail merge for labels for Christmas cards. I am
trying to
insert a graphic but I want the address that I have typed to be
centred
within the graphic. At the moment, when I do this, the text
jumps up to
the
top of the graphic and if I try and cut/paste it wont work.
If I press
enter, the entire document moves down. Could someone possibly
explain
how
exactly this can be done please?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

By default, labels are vertically centered, but I believe that inserting
wrapped graphics maybe messes with this? I would be inclined to apply Space
Before as direct formatting (not bothering with modifying Normal for a
one-off doc), but I always use line breaks in labels, anyway.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
Tables use Normal style - Because of the difficulties of combining
floating
images and text in labels I would be inclined to reformat normal style for
this document to include sufficient 'space before' inthe paragraph format
of
the style to push the text down to where you want it, then use shift+enter
to break the lines.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



laceyjo wrote:
Okay Many thanks Graham! I have now cracked it. I have my angel
graphic set behind the text and have my text in front. There is only
one problem now, I have centred my text but instead of the text being
centred at the top of the label, I want it centred back smack in the
middle of my angel graphic. When I press enter, thinking this will
move the text down a line or so, the entire thing, text and graphic
move down together. How can I just get the text to move down a tad?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

This is explained in the link posted earlier. The fact that I chose
to use Word Art is really irrelevant. This is just a type of
graphic. Once you have the graphic in the first label revert to the
procedure shown in that link
http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm . A workaround for the
problem you are having is described there below the watermark images

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



laceyjo wrote:
Thanks for your detailed reply. I have got as far as the bit where
I have to copy the edited/washedout image onto the rest of the
labels on the page. When I click copy and go to the other labels
and select paste, it automatically jumps back to the first label
and pastes it on top and it appears as the unwashed image.

What have I done wrong?

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Paste the clipart into a label, select it and then from the format
menu, select Picture and on the Format Picture dialog, go to the
Layout tab and select the Behind Text option. You may want to go
the the Size tab and uncheck the Lock aspect ratio control so that
you can drag the borders of the picture to fill the cell
completely. You will need to turn on the Drawing toolbar and click
on the Select objects button at the left hand end of the toolbar
to be able to select the picture once you had sent it behind the
text. You may want to set the Picture to "Washout" using the
Picture tab of the Format Picture dialog.

Once you have the picture the way that you want, you can copy it to
the other labels and you can just enter and align your text on the
labels as if the picture was not there.

--
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

"laceyjo" wrote in message
...
Thank you for the link. Unfortunately, I do not fully understand
it. The explains shows the procedure for formatting Wordart. I
want to insert an angel image from clipart and have the text
centered and have the angel image
on the background. Is there a step by step way to be shown how to
do this please?

Many Thanks

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"laceyjo" wrote in message
...
I should also have added that I would like the text to be in the
foreground centered, and the graphic to be in the background.
The graphic is from clipart.

"laceyjo" wrote:

I am doing a mail merge for labels for Christmas cards. I am
trying to
insert a graphic but I want the address that I have typed to be
centred
within the graphic. At the moment, when I do this, the text
jumps up to
the
top of the graphic and if I try and cut/paste it wont work.
If I press
enter, the entire document moves down. Could someone possibly
explain
how
exactly this can be done please?

[Graham Mayor]

That would work

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


laceyjo wrote:
Ok I could not fathom that bit out sorry. Instead, I have cheated. I
formatted the graphic how I wanted it, saved it as autotext. Then
printed out a whole sheet of labels with the graphic. Then opened up
a new document and inserted the text I required, then the labels with
the graphics printed on them, I insterted them into the printer and
voila! I just didn't follow the correct procedure.

Thanks for your help.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Tables use Normal style - Because of the difficulties of combining
floating images and text in labels I would be inclined to reformat
normal style for this document to include sufficient 'space before'
inthe paragraph format of the style to push the text down to where
you want it, then use shift+enter to break the lines.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



laceyjo wrote:
Okay Many thanks Graham! I have now cracked it. I have my angel
graphic set behind the text and have my text in front. There is
only one problem now, I have centred my text but instead of the
text being centred at the top of the label, I want it centred back
smack in the middle of my angel graphic. When I press enter,
thinking this will move the text down a line or so, the entire
thing, text and graphic move down together. How can I just get the
text to move down a tad?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

This is explained in the link posted earlier. The fact that I chose
to use Word Art is really irrelevant. This is just a type of
graphic. Once you have the graphic in the first label revert to the
procedure shown in that link
http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm . A workaround for the
problem you are having is described there below the watermark
images

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



laceyjo wrote:
Thanks for your detailed reply. I have got as far as the bit
where I have to copy the edited/washedout image onto the rest of
the labels on the page. When I click copy and go to the other
labels and select paste, it automatically jumps back to the first
label and pastes it on top and it appears as the unwashed image.

What have I done wrong?

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Paste the clipart into a label, select it and then from the
format menu, select Picture and on the Format Picture dialog, go
to the Layout tab and select the Behind Text option. You may
want to go the the Size tab and uncheck the Lock aspect ratio
control so that you can drag the borders of the picture to fill
the cell completely. You will need to turn on the Drawing
toolbar and click on the Select objects button at the left hand
end of the toolbar to be able to select the picture once you had
sent it behind the text. You may want to set the Picture to
"Washout" using the Picture tab of the Format Picture dialog.

Once you have the picture the way that you want, you can copy it
to the other labels and you can just enter and align your text
on the labels as if the picture was not there.

--
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

"laceyjo" wrote in message
...
Thank you for the link. Unfortunately, I do not fully
understand it. The explains shows the procedure for formatting
Wordart. I want to insert an angel image from clipart and have
the text centered and have the angel image
on the background. Is there a step by step way to be shown how
to do this please?

Many Thanks

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"laceyjo" wrote in message
...
I should also have added that I would like the text to be in
the foreground centered, and the graphic to be in the
background. The graphic is from clipart.

"laceyjo" wrote:

I am doing a mail merge for labels for Christmas cards. I am
trying to
insert a graphic but I want the address that I have typed to
be centred
within the graphic. At the moment, when I do this, the text
jumps up to
the
top of the graphic and if I try and cut/paste it wont work.
If I press
enter, the entire document moves down. Could someone
possibly explain
how
exactly this can be done please?

[Graham Mayor]

On reflection I would do this too

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
By default, labels are vertically centered, but I believe that
inserting wrapped graphics maybe messes with this? I would be
inclined to apply Space Before as direct formatting (not bothering
with modifying Normal for a one-off doc), but I always use line
breaks in labels, anyway.


"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
Tables use Normal style - Because of the difficulties of combining
floating images and text in labels I would be inclined to reformat
normal style for this document to include sufficient 'space before'
inthe paragraph format of the style to push the text down to where
you want it, then use shift+enter to break the lines.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



laceyjo wrote:
Okay Many thanks Graham! I have now cracked it. I have my angel
graphic set behind the text and have my text in front. There is
only one problem now, I have centred my text but instead of the
text being centred at the top of the label, I want it centred back
smack in the middle of my angel graphic. When I press enter,
thinking this will move the text down a line or so, the entire
thing, text and graphic move down together. How can I just get the
text to move down a tad?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

This is explained in the link posted earlier. The fact that I chose
to use Word Art is really irrelevant. This is just a type of
graphic. Once you have the graphic in the first label revert to the
procedure shown in that link
http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm . A workaround for the
problem you are having is described there below the watermark
images

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



laceyjo wrote:
Thanks for your detailed reply. I have got as far as the bit
where I have to copy the edited/washedout image onto the rest of
the labels on the page. When I click copy and go to the other
labels and select paste, it automatically jumps back to the first
label and pastes it on top and it appears as the unwashed image.

What have I done wrong?

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Paste the clipart into a label, select it and then from the
format menu, select Picture and on the Format Picture dialog, go
to the Layout tab and select the Behind Text option. You may
want to go the the Size tab and uncheck the Lock aspect ratio
control so that you can drag the borders of the picture to fill
the cell completely. You will need to turn on the Drawing
toolbar and click on the Select objects button at the left hand
end of the toolbar to be able to select the picture once you had
sent it behind the text. You may want to set the Picture to
"Washout" using the Picture tab of the Format Picture dialog.

Once you have the picture the way that you want, you can copy it
to the other labels and you can just enter and align your text
on the labels as if the picture was not there.

--
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

"laceyjo" wrote in message
...
Thank you for the link. Unfortunately, I do not fully
understand it. The explains shows the procedure for formatting
Wordart. I want to insert an angel image from clipart and have
the text centered and have the angel image
on the background. Is there a step by step way to be shown how
to do this please?

Many Thanks

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"laceyjo" wrote in message
...
I should also have added that I would like the text to be in
the foreground centered, and the graphic to be in the
background. The graphic is from clipart.

"laceyjo" wrote:

I am doing a mail merge for labels for Christmas cards. I am
trying to
insert a graphic but I want the address that I have typed to
be centred
within the graphic. At the moment, when I do this, the text
jumps up to
the
top of the graphic and if I try and cut/paste it wont work.
If I press
enter, the entire document moves down. Could someone
possibly explain
how
exactly this can be done please?