[BenT]

Hi
I have Vista and Word 2007.
I was able to group pictures with shapes with XP.
I am unable to group pictures with shapes with Vista and Word 2007.
Can someone help.? What am I doing wrong?
Thanks, greatly appreciated.
Bent

[Mary Sauer]

Select all the objects, right-click, group.

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"BenT" wrote in message
...
Hi
I have Vista and Word 2007.
I was able to group pictures with shapes with XP.
I am unable to group pictures with shapes with Vista and Word 2007.
Can someone help.? What am I doing wrong?
Thanks, greatly appreciated.
Bent

[BenT]

Thanks for responding.
I can select all objects, but when I select the picture it unselects the objects.
Appreciate any other ideas.
Bent



"Mary Sauer" wrote in message ...
Select all the objects, right-click, group.

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com

"BenT" wrote in message
...
Hi
I have Vista and Word 2007.
I was able to group pictures with shapes with XP.
I am unable to group pictures with shapes with Vista and Word 2007.
Can someone help.? What am I doing wrong?
Thanks, greatly appreciated.
Bent

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Is the picture In Line with Text?

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"BenT" wrote in message
...
Thanks for responding.
I can select all objects, but when I select the picture it unselects the
objects.
Appreciate any other ideas.
Bent



"Mary Sauer" wrote in message
...
Select all the objects, right-click, group.

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com

"BenT" wrote in message
...
Hi
I have Vista and Word 2007.
I was able to group pictures with shapes with XP.
I am unable to group pictures with shapes with Vista and Word 2007.
Can someone help.? What am I doing wrong?
Thanks, greatly appreciated.
Bent

[BenT]

The picture is positioned behind text.
Thanks
Bent


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ...
Is the picture 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.

"BenT" wrote in message
...
Thanks for responding.
I can select all objects, but when I select the picture it unselects the
objects.
Appreciate any other ideas.
Bent



"Mary Sauer" wrote in message
...
Select all the objects, right-click, group.

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com

"BenT" wrote in message
...
Hi
I have Vista and Word 2007.
I was able to group pictures with shapes with XP.
I am unable to group pictures with shapes with Vista and Word 2007.
Can someone help.? What am I doing wrong?
Thanks, greatly appreciated.
Bent

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

This is a known problem/issue in Word 2007 when working in .docx documents.
The implementation of a new graphics "engine" has rendered some Word 2003
and earlier actions less accessible. A number of us hope that this will be
fixed in an update. However, since we're sensible, we're not holding our
collective breath, and have devised a couple of work-arounds.

You have two options:

Option 1. Put all of your objects onto the dreaded Drawing Canvas. Once
done, you can now group them. Furthermore, once they've been grouped there,
they can be copied and pasted into the document, without needing to keep the
canvas.

Option 2. Work in compatibility mode. Compatibility mode uses the
older-style graphics, and you can still group as you could in Word 2003 and
earlier, without using the damnable Drawing Canvas. Once you've grouped
everything you need to, you can convert the document into .docx format and
the groupability will be retained.

I find the drawing canvas somewhat clumsy, so I find Option 2 works better
for me.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"BenT" wrote in message
...
Hi
I have Vista and Word 2007.
I was able to group pictures with shapes with XP.
I am unable to group pictures with shapes with Vista and Word 2007.
Can someone help.? What am I doing wrong?
Thanks, greatly appreciated.
Bent

[BenT]

Herb
This is what I do at my job.
The compatibility mode works great.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.
Bent



"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ...
This is a known problem/issue in Word 2007 when working in .docx documents.
The implementation of a new graphics "engine" has rendered some Word 2003
and earlier actions less accessible. A number of us hope that this will be
fixed in an update. However, since we're sensible, we're not holding our
collective breath, and have devised a couple of work-arounds.

You have two options:

Option 1. Put all of your objects onto the dreaded Drawing Canvas. Once
done, you can now group them. Furthermore, once they've been grouped there,
they can be copied and pasted into the document, without needing to keep the
canvas.

Option 2. Work in compatibility mode. Compatibility mode uses the
older-style graphics, and you can still group as you could in Word 2003 and
earlier, without using the damnable Drawing Canvas. Once you've grouped
everything you need to, you can convert the document into .docx format and
the groupability will be retained.

I find the drawing canvas somewhat clumsy, so I find Option 2 works better
for me.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"BenT" wrote in message
...
Hi
I have Vista and Word 2007.
I was able to group pictures with shapes with XP.
I am unable to group pictures with shapes with Vista and Word 2007.
Can someone help.? What am I doing wrong?
Thanks, greatly appreciated.
Bent