[Hans L]

I have received a Word file with a textbox with text to the left on the
first page and a textbox with a photo to the right on the page. I am
looking at it with Word 2000.

The problem is that while I can look in the textbox, and, for instance,
cut the photo, I cannot place it in any other position than at the very
top left corner of the textbox. And when I import another photo into
the textbox, it overwrites the existing photo.

I have never understood how to manipulate, in particular, drag, photos
in textboxes, or, as is the case here, how to add other photos.

I would appreciate very much some pointers on what I have to do to
carry out this seeemingly simple task.

Hans L

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Only *text* can go in text boxes. This means that a photo will be In Line
With Text and will behave like text; you can't wrap text around it.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Hans L" wrote in message
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I have received a Word file with a textbox with text to the left on the
first page and a textbox with a photo to the right on the page. I am
looking at it with Word 2000.

The problem is that while I can look in the textbox, and, for instance,
cut the photo, I cannot place it in any other position than at the very
top left corner of the textbox. And when I import another photo into
the textbox, it overwrites the existing photo.

I have never understood how to manipulate, in particular, drag, photos
in textboxes, or, as is the case here, how to add other photos.

I would appreciate very much some pointers on what I have to do to
carry out this seeemingly simple task.

Hans L

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[Hans L]

Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:

Only text can go in text boxes. This means that a photo will be In
Line With Text and will behave like text; you can't wrap text around
it.

Thanks,Suzanne.

Could this be changes with Order (bring to front, etc.)?

Otherwise, how on earth do you place photos in different places of a
page where you also have text. Do you need some kind of frames? (But I
seem to have read that one should use text boxes wherever possible
instead of frames.)

Hans L

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Text in a document belongs in the document body, not in a text box *or* a
frame. Photos don't need to be in a text box at all; you can wrap text
around them directly. If you want to impose a bit of order, you can put text
and photos in a (borderless) table, and you *can* wrap text around photos in
a table (in your case though, you might just need to put the text in an
adjacent cell).

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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.

"Hans L" wrote in message
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Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:

Only text can go in text boxes. This means that a photo will be In
Line With Text and will behave like text; you can't wrap text around
it.

Thanks,Suzanne.

Could this be changes with Order (bring to front, etc.)?

Otherwise, how on earth do you place photos in different places of a
page where you also have text. Do you need some kind of frames? (But I
seem to have read that one should use text boxes wherever possible
instead of frames.)

Hans L

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[Hans L]

Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:

Text in a document belongs in the document body, not in a text box or
a frame. Photos don't need to be in a text box at all; you can wrap
text around them directly. If you want to impose a bit of order, you
can put text and photos in a (borderless) table, and you can wrap
text around photos in a table (in your case though, you might just
need to put the text in an adjacent cell).

Thanks, Suzanne. You are right about the text in an adjacent cell --
that should work just fine.

Hans L

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