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Graphics, anchors, and frames
I've grown up writing large tech reports involving a multitude (200+) graphics. Over the years (decades), I've learned to avoid anchors, frames, etc. I have a style Figure (centered, keep with next), Figure Title to be the format for the caption I insert (under the figure) and same with a table: the caption appearing ABOVE, and formatted as a keep with next paragraph. I have a large report wherein a user created anchors and scores of carriage returns to create blank space...and though the file is HUGE, I can see the anchors over at his site, but FTPing a zipped version of the file to myself, all the anchored graphics are GONE (the size is there, but no pix, no anchors, and Edit Go to Graphic proves that all but 11 of the 200 or so pix are simply missing. Where'd they go? Short of wanting fancy brochure-style wrap around text to flow around a picture, I see no purpose in anchoring a graphic...actually, what I see is an impossible to predict behavior of the graphic and it's anchor (what is that thing attached to?!). I've put anchored graphics at absolute locations of a page (works good for a Company logo to be stuck in the Header, for example), thus repeating in exactly the same place on every page. How can I recover the missing anchored pix? Is this a problem when zipping/unzipping a file? As far as I know both myself and the other user have XP OS and Office 2003. Would different versions of WinZip cause this anomaly? What does Word do with anchored graphics? |
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The missing graphics may be linked rather than embedded.
-- 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. "jenelle" wrote in message ... I've grown up writing large tech reports involving a multitude (200+) graphics. Over the years (decades), I've learned to avoid anchors, frames, etc. I have a style Figure (centered, keep with next), Figure Title to be the format for the caption I insert (under the figure) and same with a table: the caption appearing ABOVE, and formatted as a keep with next paragraph. I have a large report wherein a user created anchors and scores of carriage returns to create blank space...and though the file is HUGE, I can see the anchors over at his site, but FTPing a zipped version of the file to myself, all the anchored graphics are GONE (the size is there, but no pix, no anchors, and Edit Go to Graphic proves that all but 11 of the 200 or so pix are simply missing. Where'd they go? Short of wanting fancy brochure-style wrap around text to flow around a picture, I see no purpose in anchoring a graphic...actually, what I see is an impossible to predict behavior of the graphic and it's anchor (what is that thing attached to?!). I've put anchored graphics at absolute locations of a page (works good for a Company logo to be stuck in the Header, for example), thus repeating in exactly the same place on every page. How can I recover the missing anchored pix? Is this a problem when zipping/unzipping a file? As far as I know both myself and the other user have XP OS and Office 2003. Would different versions of WinZip cause this anomaly? What does Word do with anchored graphics? |
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They may be both linked AND embedded.
VERY odd: the Tools Options setting on View tab for print and layout options had everything unchecked--including drawings and objects. NOT my settings, but it did happen on this 410 page document. How come customer can see the drawings and I cannot? These aren't toggle settings. There's no VB nor macros in this document. How do I get rid of the anchors from the graphics...this capability seems to have disappeared in 2003 Word. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The missing graphics may be linked rather than embedded. -- 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. "jenelle" wrote in message ... I've grown up writing large tech reports involving a multitude (200+) graphics. Over the years (decades), I've learned to avoid anchors, frames, etc. I have a style Figure (centered, keep with next), Figure Title to be the format for the caption I insert (under the figure) and same with a table: the caption appearing ABOVE, and formatted as a keep with next paragraph. I have a large report wherein a user created anchors and scores of carriage returns to create blank space...and though the file is HUGE, I can see the anchors over at his site, but FTPing a zipped version of the file to myself, all the anchored graphics are GONE (the size is there, but no pix, no anchors, and Edit Go to Graphic proves that all but 11 of the 200 or so pix are simply missing. Where'd they go? Short of wanting fancy brochure-style wrap around text to flow around a picture, I see no purpose in anchoring a graphic...actually, what I see is an impossible to predict behavior of the graphic and it's anchor (what is that thing attached to?!). I've put anchored graphics at absolute locations of a page (works good for a Company logo to be stuck in the Header, for example), thus repeating in exactly the same place on every page. How can I recover the missing anchored pix? Is this a problem when zipping/unzipping a file? As far as I know both myself and the other user have XP OS and Office 2003. Would different versions of WinZip cause this anomaly? What does Word do with anchored graphics? |
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Hi Jenelle,
Graphics that are not formatted with layout style of 'inline with text' will always have an anchor to a paragraph, table cell or other finite point in the text layer of Word. The anchors are not visible unless you turn that option on in Tools=Options=View, but they are there. The options in that tab are controlled by the person viewing the document rather than by the author of the document. If the graphics are linked and you move the document to another folder then Word may 'lose track' of how to connect back to the graphics. Can you print preview or print a page with the 'missing' graphic and have it appear then? ====== "jenelle" wrote in message news They may be both linked AND embedded. VERY odd: the Tools Options setting on View tab for print and layout options had everything unchecked--including drawings and objects. NOT my settings, but it did happen on this 410 page document. How come customer can see the drawings and I cannot? These aren't toggle settings. There's no VB nor macros in this document. How do I get rid of the anchors from the graphics...this capability seems to have disappeared in 2003 Word. -- Let us know if this helped you, Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* Office 2003 Editions explained http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx |
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If you don't have "Drawings" checked on the View tab, then you will not see
any objects in the drawing layer, which include wrapped graphics. If you're seeing an object anchor, then this means that the graphic is wrapped. If you want it to be inline, click on it to display the Picture toolbar, then click on the Text Wrapping button (dog icon) and select In Line With Text. -- 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. "jenelle" wrote in message news They may be both linked AND embedded. VERY odd: the Tools Options setting on View tab for print and layout options had everything unchecked--including drawings and objects. NOT my settings, but it did happen on this 410 page document. How come customer can see the drawings and I cannot? These aren't toggle settings. There's no VB nor macros in this document. How do I get rid of the anchors from the graphics...this capability seems to have disappeared in 2003 Word. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The missing graphics may be linked rather than embedded. -- 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. "jenelle" wrote in message ... I've grown up writing large tech reports involving a multitude (200+) graphics. Over the years (decades), I've learned to avoid anchors, frames, etc. I have a style Figure (centered, keep with next), Figure Title to be the format for the caption I insert (under the figure) and same with a table: the caption appearing ABOVE, and formatted as a keep with next paragraph. I have a large report wherein a user created anchors and scores of carriage returns to create blank space...and though the file is HUGE, I can see the anchors over at his site, but FTPing a zipped version of the file to myself, all the anchored graphics are GONE (the size is there, but no pix, no anchors, and Edit Go to Graphic proves that all but 11 of the 200 or so pix are simply missing. Where'd they go? Short of wanting fancy brochure-style wrap around text to flow around a picture, I see no purpose in anchoring a graphic...actually, what I see is an impossible to predict behavior of the graphic and it's anchor (what is that thing attached to?!). I've put anchored graphics at absolute locations of a page (works good for a Company logo to be stuck in the Header, for example), thus repeating in exactly the same place on every page. How can I recover the missing anchored pix? Is this a problem when zipping/unzipping a file? As far as I know both myself and the other user have XP OS and Office 2003. Would different versions of WinZip cause this anomaly? What does Word do with anchored graphics? |
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To describe the strangeness of this single document, the very first graphic
(by choosing Edit Go To Graphic) was 11-15, fllowed by 11-16, 11-17, then 11-20 thru 11-25. The graphics in the first 10 chapters and first 14 of Ch 11 didn't display. But the ones above did. Indeed the checkbox (Tools, Options, View - ) was unchecked. When checked, most, if not all, graphics display, but are off the page (above, below, right, etc, etc) Does "Go To Graphic" ignore graphics???? I tried to globally remove anchors, but running through the Format Frames....Remove Frame (or set In line)...went through the settings to do this, however, response was no anchors found (no matter how I mess with the UI). However, I can SEE anchors when I mouse over some things. Its 400+ pages. Does doc size affect stability of formatting? |
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I think Browse by Graphic (same as Go To Graphic) finds only inline
graphics. Word doesn't ever handle anything in the drawing layer very well. -- 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. "jenelle" wrote in message ... To describe the strangeness of this single document, the very first graphic (by choosing Edit Go To Graphic) was 11-15, fllowed by 11-16, 11-17, then 11-20 thru 11-25. The graphics in the first 10 chapters and first 14 of Ch 11 didn't display. But the ones above did. Indeed the checkbox (Tools, Options, View - ) was unchecked. When checked, most, if not all, graphics display, but are off the page (above, below, right, etc, etc) Does "Go To Graphic" ignore graphics???? I tried to globally remove anchors, but running through the Format Frames....Remove Frame (or set In line)...went through the settings to do this, however, response was no anchors found (no matter how I mess with the UI). However, I can SEE anchors when I mouse over some things. Its 400+ pages. Does doc size affect stability of formatting? |
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Suzanne!
Are you saying that Go To Graphic command doesn't recognize anchored graphics? I have Office/Word 2003 books by Que Publishing...do you have any recommendations for additional tech info regarding Word's drawing layer?! TIA, Jenelle "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I think Browse by Graphic (same as Go To Graphic) finds only inline graphics. Word doesn't ever handle anything in the drawing layer very well. -- 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. "jenelle" wrote in message ... To describe the strangeness of this single document, the very first graphic (by choosing Edit Go To Graphic) was 11-15, fllowed by 11-16, 11-17, then 11-20 thru 11-25. The graphics in the first 10 chapters and first 14 of Ch 11 didn't display. But the ones above did. Indeed the checkbox (Tools, Options, View - ) was unchecked. When checked, most, if not all, graphics display, but are off the page (above, below, right, etc, etc) Does "Go To Graphic" ignore graphics???? I tried to globally remove anchors, but running through the Format Frames....Remove Frame (or set In line)...went through the settings to do this, however, response was no anchors found (no matter how I mess with the UI). However, I can SEE anchors when I mouse over some things. Its 400+ pages. Does doc size affect stability of formatting? |
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Hi Suzanne,
FWIW, if all of the graphics in a section are wrapped and you have a graphic currently selected then browse-by-graphic will take you to that graphic's anchor position when you select 'next', but then doesn't know where to go next. =========== "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I think Browse by Graphic (same as Go To Graphic) finds only inline graphics. Word doesn't ever handle anything in the drawing layer very well. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) -- Let us know if this helped you, Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* Office 2003 Editions explained http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx |
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