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Please use the BIG BOX to provide a full description of the problem, what
version of Word you're using & what kind of "moving" is going on. Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 1/2/09 12:44 AM, in article , "jeffrey" wrote: |
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It's the same problem I've had with Word 97, 2000, 2002, 2003, and now with
2007. I format the text box for absolute position on the page, and I check the "Lock anchor" check box, but when the page gets almost full, the textbox jumps to the next page. Sure, it keeps its proper position on whatever page it's on, but how do I keep its position on THIS page? And the problem seems worse if I paste something onto the page. Sometimes I can get away with filling the page by just typing. Dave "CyberTaz" wrote in message .. . Please use the BIG BOX to provide a full description of the problem, what version of Word you're using & what kind of "moving" is going on. Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 1/2/09 12:44 AM, in article , "jeffrey" wrote: |
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You first have to wrap your head around the fact that there are no *pages*
in a Word document. It's a flow of text from start to end contained in paragraphs within sections. Pagination is imposed by the printer based on the content, its formatting, & the paper size/margin specifications. All floating objects are anchored to a *paragraph* & when that paragraph moves to a new position in the text flow the object anchored to it goes along for the ride. "Locking" an anchor simply means welding it to the paragraph so the anchor itself can't be dragged to a different paragraph. You might have a look at this article & follow the links for a more in-depth discussion of floating & in-line objects in a Word document: http://word.mvps.org/Mac/PagesInWord.html If you want static positioning of objects on a page you need to use a page layout [Desktop Publishing] program such as Publisher, InDesign, et al. They deal with physical page structures. HTH |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 1/2/09 7:44 PM, in article , "Dave Claxon" wrote: It's the same problem I've had with Word 97, 2000, 2002, 2003, and now with 2007. I format the text box for absolute position on the page, and I check the "Lock anchor" check box, but when the page gets almost full, the textbox jumps to the next page. Sure, it keeps its proper position on whatever page it's on, but how do I keep its position on THIS page? And the problem seems worse if I paste something onto the page. Sometimes I can get away with filling the page by just typing. Dave "CyberTaz" wrote in message .. . Please use the BIG BOX to provide a full description of the problem, what version of Word you're using & what kind of "moving" is going on. Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 1/2/09 12:44 AM, in article , "jeffrey" wrote: |
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OK, I think I understand the concept you're trying to explain, but it still
makes no sense in this case. The object is not "going along for the ride" when the paragraph moves to a new position, because the paragraph is not moving. I am adding content 3 paragraphs past where the text has already wrapped around the object. And I have tried changing the positioning to be in relation to the paragraph, the line, and the margin, all with the same results. (And if there are no *pages* in a Word document, why the *!^$# is there an option to set the position in relation to the *page*?) Dave "CyberTaz" wrote in message .. . You first have to wrap your head around the fact that there are no *pages* in a Word document. It's a flow of text from start to end contained in paragraphs within sections. Pagination is imposed by the printer based on the content, its formatting, & the paper size/margin specifications. All floating objects are anchored to a *paragraph* & when that paragraph moves to a new position in the text flow the object anchored to it goes along for the ride. "Locking" an anchor simply means welding it to the paragraph so the anchor itself can't be dragged to a different paragraph. You might have a look at this article & follow the links for a more in-depth discussion of floating & in-line objects in a Word document: http://word.mvps.org/Mac/PagesInWord.html If you want static positioning of objects on a page you need to use a page layout [Desktop Publishing] program such as Publisher, InDesign, et al. They deal with physical page structures. HTH |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 1/2/09 7:44 PM, in article , "Dave Claxon" wrote: It's the same problem I've had with Word 97, 2000, 2002, 2003, and now with 2007. I format the text box for absolute position on the page, and I check the "Lock anchor" check box, but when the page gets almost full, the textbox jumps to the next page. Sure, it keeps its proper position on whatever page it's on, but how do I keep its position on THIS page? And the problem seems worse if I paste something onto the page. Sometimes I can get away with filling the page by just typing. Dave "CyberTaz" wrote in message .. . Please use the BIG BOX to provide a full description of the problem, what version of Word you're using & what kind of "moving" is going on. Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 1/2/09 12:44 AM, in article , "jeffrey" wrote: |
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Well, the first question is "Are you absolutely certain which paragraph the
object is anchored to?" :-) Are you seeing the anchor at the left margin? There are also any number of other settings combinations as well as formatting attributes (line spacing, para spacing, etc.) which can account for what seems to be "random" behaviors, but that's why floating graphics are such a PITA to deal with. Also, once you make the layout specifications even the slightest drag or nudge of the object changes the settings. I personally rarely use floating graphics, when I do it's very limited in any one document, and they're **always** added after all the text configuration is complete. I then insert the images & adjust as necessary from there. As for " why the *!^$# is there an option to set the position in relation to the *page*? ": Well, "page" is used here in an arbitrary manner referring to the printed sheet that the associated paragraph winds up on. Secondly, you just can't get away from the term [page numbers, page layout view, page orientation] & users *expect* to have *pages*. The apparent MS philosophy is to make the user think they have what they want even if it's radically far removed from reality :-) Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 1/3/09 12:52 AM, in article , "Dave Claxon" wrote: OK, I think I understand the concept you're trying to explain, but it still makes no sense in this case. The object is not "going along for the ride" when the paragraph moves to a new position, because the paragraph is not moving. I am adding content 3 paragraphs past where the text has already wrapped around the object. And I have tried changing the positioning to be in relation to the paragraph, the line, and the margin, all with the same results. (And if there are no *pages* in a Word document, why the *!^$# is there an option to set the position in relation to the *page*?) Dave "CyberTaz" wrote in message .. . You first have to wrap your head around the fact that there are no *pages* in a Word document. It's a flow of text from start to end contained in paragraphs within sections. Pagination is imposed by the printer based on the content, its formatting, & the paper size/margin specifications. All floating objects are anchored to a *paragraph* & when that paragraph moves to a new position in the text flow the object anchored to it goes along for the ride. "Locking" an anchor simply means welding it to the paragraph so the anchor itself can't be dragged to a different paragraph. You might have a look at this article & follow the links for a more in-depth discussion of floating & in-line objects in a Word document: http://word.mvps.org/Mac/PagesInWord.html If you want static positioning of objects on a page you need to use a page layout [Desktop Publishing] program such as Publisher, InDesign, et al. They deal with physical page structures. HTH |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 1/2/09 7:44 PM, in article , "Dave Claxon" wrote: It's the same problem I've had with Word 97, 2000, 2002, 2003, and now with 2007. I format the text box for absolute position on the page, and I check the "Lock anchor" check box, but when the page gets almost full, the textbox jumps to the next page. Sure, it keeps its proper position on whatever page it's on, but how do I keep its position on THIS page? And the problem seems worse if I paste something onto the page. Sometimes I can get away with filling the page by just typing. Dave "CyberTaz" wrote in message .. . Please use the BIG BOX to provide a full description of the problem, what version of Word you're using & what kind of "moving" is going on. Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 1/2/09 12:44 AM, in article , "jeffrey" wrote: |
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even if it's radically far removed from reality :-)
I've often suspected that about MS. But then I've suspected that about many entities I've had to deal with over the years. But I finally got frustrated enough with it to move the document to Publisher. I had started to several times before and never quite finished. Partly because it was just easier to keep doing what I was doing than to learn something new, and partly because when I get the newsletter done each month I convert it to PDF to e-mail it out, and in the past it seemed like the more text boxes I used, the more problems I had with Acrobat (maybe just because it was an older version of Acrobat,) and I was a little worried about moving to something that was ALL text boxes. But when I switched to Office 2007 I noticed the ability to save as PDF directly without using Acrobat so I decided to give it a try. And at least for the first issue it seems to have worked just fine. Dave "CyberTaz" wrote in message .. . Well, the first question is "Are you absolutely certain which paragraph the object is anchored to?" :-) Are you seeing the anchor at the left margin? There are also any number of other settings combinations as well as formatting attributes (line spacing, para spacing, etc.) which can account for what seems to be "random" behaviors, but that's why floating graphics are such a PITA to deal with. Also, once you make the layout specifications even the slightest drag or nudge of the object changes the settings. I personally rarely use floating graphics, when I do it's very limited in any one document, and they're **always** added after all the text configuration is complete. I then insert the images & adjust as necessary from there. As for " why the *!^$# is there an option to set the position in relation to the *page*? ": Well, "page" is used here in an arbitrary manner referring to the printed sheet that the associated paragraph winds up on. Secondly, you just can't get away from the term [page numbers, page layout view, page orientation] & users *expect* to have *pages*. The apparent MS philosophy is to make the user think they have what they want even if it's radically far removed from reality :-) Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 1/3/09 12:52 AM, in article , "Dave Claxon" wrote: OK, I think I understand the concept you're trying to explain, but it still makes no sense in this case. The object is not "going along for the ride" when the paragraph moves to a new position, because the paragraph is not moving. I am adding content 3 paragraphs past where the text has already wrapped around the object. And I have tried changing the positioning to be in relation to the paragraph, the line, and the margin, all with the same results. (And if there are no *pages* in a Word document, why the *!^$# is there an option to set the position in relation to the *page*?) Dave "CyberTaz" wrote in message .. . You first have to wrap your head around the fact that there are no *pages* in a Word document. It's a flow of text from start to end contained in paragraphs within sections. Pagination is imposed by the printer based on the content, its formatting, & the paper size/margin specifications. All floating objects are anchored to a *paragraph* & when that paragraph moves to a new position in the text flow the object anchored to it goes along for the ride. "Locking" an anchor simply means welding it to the paragraph so the anchor itself can't be dragged to a different paragraph. You might have a look at this article & follow the links for a more in-depth discussion of floating & in-line objects in a Word document: http://word.mvps.org/Mac/PagesInWord.html If you want static positioning of objects on a page you need to use a page layout [Desktop Publishing] program such as Publisher, InDesign, et al. They deal with physical page structures. HTH |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 1/2/09 7:44 PM, in article , "Dave Claxon" wrote: It's the same problem I've had with Word 97, 2000, 2002, 2003, and now with 2007. I format the text box for absolute position on the page, and I check the "Lock anchor" check box, but when the page gets almost full, the textbox jumps to the next page. Sure, it keeps its proper position on whatever page it's on, but how do I keep its position on THIS page? And the problem seems worse if I paste something onto the page. Sometimes I can get away with filling the page by just typing. Dave "CyberTaz" wrote in message .. . Please use the BIG BOX to provide a full description of the problem, what version of Word you're using & what kind of "moving" is going on. Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 1/2/09 12:44 AM, in article , "jeffrey" wrote: |
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What is the question?
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