Hi Roger,

Positioning "floating objects" is, indeed, a bit like playing roulette... Here
are my thoughts:

1. Do you have something in the header that could be "pushing" the graphic out
of the way?

2. The document structure might be damaged just a little, so that it doesn't
like you positioning this graphic with the mouse. (I've seen it happen.) Try
positioning the graphic using the Format/Layout/Advanced/Picture position
dialog box, instead.

3. The problem might also have something to do with where the picture is
trying to anchor itself. (Every picture must be anchored to a paragraph on the
same page.) If you can't see the anchor in the left margin when the picture is
selected, turn on the option in Tools/Options/View. Check that the anchor is
in a paragraph that's not going to move to a different page. In the Picture
Position box, activate the "Lock anchor". Now see if you get any different
behavior, now that the anchor can't jump to another paragraph.

I have word 2002 on XP. I can insert a picture (usually a jpeg file) okay,
but when the picture gets close to the header it keeps jumping up over the
top of the page. I can move the picture back down the page, but it has to be
2 or 3 cms below the header, and when I try to move it up towards the top of
the page again (so that is sits neatly below the header) it will all of a
sudden jump over the page with part of the picture on the page and part in
the space between pages. What am I doing wrong ?? Boy this is getting
frustrating !!


Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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