[Jay Gourley]

Is it possible to put an object like a picture on a page by itself while
letting Word continue to arrange text on prior and succeeding pages?

[Cindy M.]

Hi Jay,

Is it possible to put an object like a picture on a page by itself while
letting Word continue to arrange text on prior and succeeding pages?

No. Unfortunately, Word doesn't support this scenario. You can, with a bit
of fiddling, get Word to put a picture on a page by itself. But text can't
"flow" around this. Text added ahead will add pages before the picture;
deleting text will pull the picture page "up".

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Ian R]

"Cindy M." wrote in message
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Hi Jay,

Is it possible to put an object like a picture on a page by itself while
letting Word continue to arrange text on prior and succeeding pages?

No. Unfortunately, Word doesn't support this scenario. You can, with a bit
of fiddling, get Word to put a picture on a page by itself. But text can't
"flow" around this. Text added ahead will add pages before the picture;
deleting text will pull the picture page "up".

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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Hi Cindy

I don't understand why you say word doesnt support this.

Maybe there's a misunderstanding? Jay wasnt asking about text flowing
around the object.

I just created a three page doc with a single graphic on page 2.

Put text on page 1 then inserted a page break, made a few empty paragraphs
on page 2 then inserted a single graphic on page 2 between the paragraphs
(the preferred position of the object can be tweaked of course). I then
inserted another page break and continued inputting text on page 3 etc.

Simple!

Happy Holidays!

Ian I^)

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

I am not sure how you can be so sure what the OP meant.

Like Cindy, to me, having the text arrange itself of prior and succeding
pages, means having the text flow past the picture.

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Hope this helps.

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services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Ian R" wrote in message
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"Cindy M." wrote in message
news:VA.00000929.00d7e411@speedy...
Hi Jay,

Is it possible to put an object like a picture on a page by itself while
letting Word continue to arrange text on prior and succeeding pages?

No. Unfortunately, Word doesn't support this scenario. You can, with a
bit
of fiddling, get Word to put a picture on a page by itself. But text
can't
"flow" around this. Text added ahead will add pages before the picture;
deleting text will pull the picture page "up".

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or
reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-)


Hi Cindy

I don't understand why you say word doesnt support this.

Maybe there's a misunderstanding? Jay wasnt asking about text flowing
around the object.

I just created a three page doc with a single graphic on page 2.

Put text on page 1 then inserted a page break, made a few empty paragraphs
on page 2 then inserted a single graphic on page 2 between the paragraphs
(the preferred position of the object can be tweaked of course). I then
inserted another page break and continued inputting text on page 3 etc.

Simple!

Happy Holidays!

Ian I^)

[gordo]

Yes, I am sure that you can do what you asked. Just create a page with an
empty paragraph. Text, Ctrl+Enter, Enter,Enter, Ctrl+Enter, Text. Then place
your cursor beforfe the second empty paragraph and insert your picture. It
does not seem to matter if its Format-Layout is In Line or Square. Make sure
that your anchor is attached to an empty paragraph on your picture page.
Give it a try and see if this is the solution you are looking for.

Gordo

"Jay Gourley" wrote in message
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Is it possible to put an object like a picture on a page by itself while
letting Word continue to arrange text on prior and succeeding pages?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If the picture is inline, you need only one paragraph on the picture page.
If it's wrapped, still need only one paragraph for it to be anchored to;
hence Ctrl+Enter, Enter, Ctrl+Enter will suffice.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"gordo" wrote in message
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Yes, I am sure that you can do what you asked. Just create a page with an
empty paragraph. Text, Ctrl+Enter, Enter,Enter, Ctrl+Enter, Text. Then
place
your cursor beforfe the second empty paragraph and insert your picture. It
does not seem to matter if its Format-Layout is In Line or Square. Make
sure
that your anchor is attached to an empty paragraph on your picture page.
Give it a try and see if this is the solution you are looking for.

Gordo

"Jay Gourley" wrote in message
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Is it possible to put an object like a picture on a page by itself while
letting Word continue to arrange text on prior and succeeding pages?

[Jay Gourley]

Everyone--

Cindy's understanding of my question is correct. My goal was to put a
picture on one page and then after text flow from before that page to after
that page and vice versa as the text length may change.

Gordo's idea idea is kind of cool though since an empty paragraph is easier
to manage than Ian's idea of using pagebreaks. Just manually moving the
anchor, which is what I was doing, is easier than creating and deleting
pagebreaks to accomplish the same thing.

Gordo's idea is kind of coal because, unlike an anchor, you can search for
an empty paragraphs. So I can can go from one to the next moving it to a
correct location. That's trouble, and it still doesn't solve the problem of
paragraphs that don't break evenly at the bottom of a page. But it's a
slight improvement on hunting for the anchors and then dragging and dropping
them.

So thanks everybody. Sometimes knowing what you cannot do, saves more time
than knowing how to do it.

--Jay


"Jay Gourley" wrote in message
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Is it possible to put an object like a picture on a page by itself while
letting Word continue to arrange text on prior and succeeding pages?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

FWIW, here's how I do it:

1. I don't even try to insert full-page graphics while text is still being
edited, but I may insert a placeholder (such as "Insert Figure 1 here"),
along with the caption, if any, at the appropriate place.

2. After text editing is complete, so that page breaks will not change, I
set about inserting the graphics.

3. Having selected the position where the graphic will appear, I insert two
page breaks. The first is inserted in the middle of a paragraph, if
necessary, allowing text to fully fill the page before the graphic.

4. If the text is justified (which it usually is), I insert a line break at
the end of the last line on the page. I then select the paragraph mark (on
the following empty line, which at this point is probably on the next page)
and format the font size to 1 point. If this is not sufficient to make it
fit on the page, I format it as Hidden.

5. I insert the graphic (inline) on the empty page.

6. If the body text has a first line indent, then the partial paragraph on
the page following the graphic will be indented, so I apply a nonindented
style (Body Text vs. Body Text First Indent, for example) to complete the
illusion of a split paragraph rather than two separate paragraphs.

It's fiddling work but pretty much unbreakable.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Jay Gourley" wrote in message
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Everyone--

Cindy's understanding of my question is correct. My goal was to put a
picture on one page and then after text flow from before that page to
after
that page and vice versa as the text length may change.

Gordo's idea idea is kind of cool though since an empty paragraph is
easier
to manage than Ian's idea of using pagebreaks. Just manually moving the
anchor, which is what I was doing, is easier than creating and deleting
pagebreaks to accomplish the same thing.

Gordo's idea is kind of coal because, unlike an anchor, you can search for
an empty paragraphs. So I can can go from one to the next moving it to a
correct location. That's trouble, and it still doesn't solve the problem
of
paragraphs that don't break evenly at the bottom of a page. But it's a
slight improvement on hunting for the anchors and then dragging and
dropping
them.

So thanks everybody. Sometimes knowing what you cannot do, saves more
time
than knowing how to do it.

--Jay


"Jay Gourley" wrote in message
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Is it possible to put an object like a picture on a page by itself while
letting Word continue to arrange text on prior and succeeding pages?