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positioning of pictures
Hello
I am working on a Masters dissertation in Word 2007 in which I want to use photographs and captions. Following advice on the boards, I have used Insert Frame/ photo set to In line - and Insert Caption - which seems to be working reasonably OK. However, I am having problems positioning the pictures precisely where I want them to go with the text. (I am coming from using Publisher for this sort of thing - but Word is the preferred format for sending drafts to my tutor so need to get to grips with it). Basically - 1. How do I position the frame so that the photograph lines up with, say, the first line of the paragraph? It seems to prefer to be a bit above or a bit below. 2. If I put a photo/ frame into a paragraph how do I reduce the vertical wrap so that I don't have large gaps - or a couple of lines of the preceding paragraph wrapping as well? I have uploaded a couple of pages to my website in case that helps. The margins/ gutter are as I'll need them. I have left the header in in case that's part of the problem (can't think why it should!) (Note - when I tested the page I got a warning from Symantec but the page should be safe .... the URL is http:​//www​.well​sprin​gs.or​g.uk/​photo​_posi​tion1​.docx. Hoping someone can help - I'd rather not do two versions (as in the Word one and the print-ready one in Publisher!) Many thanks |
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Kathryn.
Your link doesn't work. Pull your page that you want people to see up on the screen in front of you then do a Ctrl-C in the web address and then a Ctrl-V into your posting into this forum. "Kathryn" wrote: Hello I am working on a Masters dissertation in Word 2007 in which I want to use photographs and captions. Following advice on the boards, I have used Insert Frame/ photo set to In line - and Insert Caption - which seems to be working reasonably OK. However, I am having problems positioning the pictures precisely where I want them to go with the text. (I am coming from using Publisher for this sort of thing - but Word is the preferred format for sending drafts to my tutor so need to get to grips with it). Basically - 1. How do I position the frame so that the photograph lines up with, say, the first line of the paragraph? It seems to prefer to be a bit above or a bit below. 2. If I put a photo/ frame into a paragraph how do I reduce the vertical wrap so that I don't have large gaps - or a couple of lines of the preceding paragraph wrapping as well? I have uploaded a couple of pages to my website in case that helps. The margins/ gutter are as I'll need them. I have left the header in in case that's part of the problem (can't think why it should!) (Note - when I tested the page I got a warning from Symantec but the page should be safe .... the URL is http:​//www​.well​sprin​gs.or​g.uk/​photo​_posi​tion1​.docx. Hoping someone can help - I'd rather not do two versions (as in the Word one and the print-ready one in Publisher!) Many thanks |
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I've looked at your document. The frame at the top of the page is positioned
as follows: Horizontal: 1.2" relative to Page Vertical: -1.48" Relative to Paragraph You can see and edit the frame formatting by double-clicking on the hashed frame border, which opens the Format Frame dialog. If you want the picture to be at the top of the page, set the vertical position as Top Relative to Margin. That will position the frame correctly, but the photo will still be low until you remove the 12 points Spacing Above that is applied to the paragraph it is in. I would advise setting the frame height to Auto. You can leave the 10 points Spacing After on your caption, or you could use the vertical Distance from text instead (since your frame has no border, the effect will be the same). If you position the frames Left or Right Relative to Margin, they will be aligned with the text. If you make each frame the width of the picture, then the picture will also be aligned left or right with the text. FWIW, the building in Bobo-Dioulasso is the Grand Mosque, not the Grande Mosquée. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Kathryn" wrote in message ... Hello I am working on a Masters dissertation in Word 2007 in which I want to use photographs and captions. Following advice on the boards, I have used Insert Frame/ photo set to In line - and Insert Caption - which seems to be working reasonably OK. However, I am having problems positioning the pictures precisely where I want them to go with the text. (I am coming from using Publisher for this sort of thing - but Word is the preferred format for sending drafts to my tutor so need to get to grips with it). Basically - 1. How do I position the frame so that the photograph lines up with, say, the first line of the paragraph? It seems to prefer to be a bit above or a bit below. 2. If I put a photo/ frame into a paragraph how do I reduce the vertical wrap so that I don't have large gaps - or a couple of lines of the preceding paragraph wrapping as well? I have uploaded a couple of pages to my website in case that helps. The margins/ gutter are as I'll need them. I have left the header in in case that's part of the problem (can't think why it should!) (Note - when I tested the page I got a warning from Symantec but the page should be safe .... the URL is http:​//www​.well​sprin​gs.or​g.uk/​photo​_posi​tion1​.docx. Hoping someone can help - I'd rather not do two versions (as in the Word one and the print-ready one in Publisher!) Many thanks |
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Thanks so much - that has been a great help! I had forgotten the bit about
the photo being a paragraph - or however I saw it phrased! Hopefully adding the rest of the photos will not be quite so frustrating!! Thanks too for the note about the Grand Mosque... my tutor queried it too :-( I'm flitting back and forth between English and French (which only adds to the complications and I should probably stick with English - though Word is brilliant in allowing me to use quotes in French - not do red squiggles and actually spell-checks the French... so that is a definite plus for the program!) Many thanks again! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I've looked at your document. The frame at the top of the page is positioned as follows: Horizontal: 1.2" relative to Page Vertical: -1.48" Relative to Paragraph You can see and edit the frame formatting by double-clicking on the hashed frame border, which opens the Format Frame dialog. If you want the picture to be at the top of the page, set the vertical position as Top Relative to Margin. That will position the frame correctly, but the photo will still be low until you remove the 12 points Spacing Above that is applied to the paragraph it is in. I would advise setting the frame height to Auto. You can leave the 10 points Spacing After on your caption, or you could use the vertical Distance from text instead (since your frame has no border, the effect will be the same). If you position the frames Left or Right Relative to Margin, they will be aligned with the text. If you make each frame the width of the picture, then the picture will also be aligned left or right with the text. FWIW, the building in Bobo-Dioulasso is the Grand Mosque, not the Grande Mosquée. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Kathryn" wrote in message ... Hello I am working on a Masters dissertation in Word 2007 in which I want to use photographs and captions. Following advice on the boards, I have used Insert Frame/ photo set to In line - and Insert Caption - which seems to be working reasonably OK. However, I am having problems positioning the pictures precisely where I want them to go with the text. (I am coming from using Publisher for this sort of thing - but Word is the preferred format for sending drafts to my tutor so need to get to grips with it). Basically - 1. How do I position the frame so that the photograph lines up with, say, the first line of the paragraph? It seems to prefer to be a bit above or a bit below. 2. If I put a photo/ frame into a paragraph how do I reduce the vertical wrap so that I don't have large gaps - or a couple of lines of the preceding paragraph wrapping as well? I have uploaded a couple of pages to my website in case that helps. The margins/ gutter are as I'll need them. I have left the header in in case that's part of the problem (can't think why it should!) (Note - when I tested the page I got a warning from Symantec but the page should be safe .... the URL is http:​//www​.well​sprin​gs.or​g.uk/​photo​_posi​tion1​.docx. Hoping someone can help - I'd rather not do two versions (as in the Word one and the print-ready one in Publisher!) Many thanks . |
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Your best bet is to rely more on styles. As far as I could tell, your
document was all in Normal style, which you had modified to have 1.5 line spacing (which will affect every style based on Normal, which is most of them). A better approach is to use Body Text for the predominant style and leave Normal unchanged. Then also define a specific style for your photos and apply that to them. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Kathryn" wrote in message ... Thanks so much - that has been a great help! I had forgotten the bit about the photo being a paragraph - or however I saw it phrased! Hopefully adding the rest of the photos will not be quite so frustrating!! Thanks too for the note about the Grand Mosque... my tutor queried it too :-( I'm flitting back and forth between English and French (which only adds to the complications and I should probably stick with English - though Word is brilliant in allowing me to use quotes in French - not do red squiggles and actually spell-checks the French... so that is a definite plus for the program!) Many thanks again! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I've looked at your document. The frame at the top of the page is positioned as follows: Horizontal: 1.2" relative to Page Vertical: -1.48" Relative to Paragraph You can see and edit the frame formatting by double-clicking on the hashed frame border, which opens the Format Frame dialog. If you want the picture to be at the top of the page, set the vertical position as Top Relative to Margin. That will position the frame correctly, but the photo will still be low until you remove the 12 points Spacing Above that is applied to the paragraph it is in. I would advise setting the frame height to Auto. You can leave the 10 points Spacing After on your caption, or you could use the vertical Distance from text instead (since your frame has no border, the effect will be the same). If you position the frames Left or Right Relative to Margin, they will be aligned with the text. If you make each frame the width of the picture, then the picture will also be aligned left or right with the text. FWIW, the building in Bobo-Dioulasso is the Grand Mosque, not the Grande Mosquée. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Kathryn" wrote in message ... Hello I am working on a Masters dissertation in Word 2007 in which I want to use photographs and captions. Following advice on the boards, I have used Insert Frame/ photo set to In line - and Insert Caption - which seems to be working reasonably OK. However, I am having problems positioning the pictures precisely where I want them to go with the text. (I am coming from using Publisher for this sort of thing - but Word is the preferred format for sending drafts to my tutor so need to get to grips with it). Basically - 1. How do I position the frame so that the photograph lines up with, say, the first line of the paragraph? It seems to prefer to be a bit above or a bit below. 2. If I put a photo/ frame into a paragraph how do I reduce the vertical wrap so that I don't have large gaps - or a couple of lines of the preceding paragraph wrapping as well? I have uploaded a couple of pages to my website in case that helps. The margins/ gutter are as I'll need them. I have left the header in in case that's part of the problem (can't think why it should!) (Note - when I tested the page I got a warning from Symantec but the page should be safe .... the URL is http:​//www​.well​sprin​gs.or​g.uk/​photo​_posi​tion1​.docx. Hoping someone can help - I'd rather not do two versions (as in the Word one and the print-ready one in Publisher!) Many thanks . |
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