[ben]

I am trying to put some small clip art in a document in specific
locations and so am sticking them in text boxes so I can move them
anywhere without messing up the text around them. Putting the image in a
text box is easy. I then make sure there is no margin so that I can
resize the text box so the images takes up all the space and I remove
the border line so it isn't visible.

The problem then is that I grab the text box to drag it around and I
instead end up dragging the image out. Selecting the text box will end
up selecting the image. I tried putting a small margin around the image
and putting it behind the text so the margin doesn't rub it out and then
I have trouble clicking back on the text box or the images as it just
relocates the cursor in the document.

Can someone give me some guidelines on how to do this basic task?

Thanks,
Ben

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You don't need to place the images in text boxes; just change their wrapping
to Square, and you can drag them around the same as you would a text box.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Ben" wrote in message
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I am trying to put some small clip art in a document in specific locations
and so am sticking them in text boxes so I can move them anywhere without
messing up the text around them. Putting the image in a text box is easy. I
then make sure there is no margin so that I can resize the text box so the
images takes up all the space and I remove the border line so it isn't
visible.

The problem then is that I grab the text box to drag it around and I
instead end up dragging the image out. Selecting the text box will end up
selecting the image. I tried putting a small margin around the image and
putting it behind the text so the margin doesn't rub it out and then I
have trouble clicking back on the text box or the images as it just
relocates the cursor in the document.

Can someone give me some guidelines on how to do this basic task?

Thanks,
Ben

[ben]

Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
You don't need to place the images in text boxes; just change their
wrapping to Square, and you can drag them around the same as you would a
text box.

Perfect. Thanks.