Hi folks...

I have a 300-page Word 2003 document (master with about a dozen
subdocuments), in which so far I have been putting text only, to avoid
messing around with pictures, text boxes and the like. However, a point
is coming at which I will need to add tens of such objects and would
like to do it properly.

In smaller documents, I have used text boxes and (as of Word 2003)
drawing panes, with sub-optimal results. Too often, the application
seems to have a mind of its own, moving objects to wrong sections of a
page or even to other pages every time it repaginates (e.g., as a
result of some more text added in). Needless to say, I have tried
tuning settings (e.g., text placement, anchors, etc.), but the problem
persists.

So, here are my questions:

(a) How can I add pictures and tables, with their captions, at exactly
the position I want in my document, without formatting headaches?

(b) If I link the pictures (instead of embedding them), how do I define
their size and position in the document?

(c) Should I add the objects through the master document (i.e., in its
"Print Layout"), or should I go and do that in the individual
subdocuments?

Thanks,

Dimitris