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picture with text underneath it
Do you know in a newspaper, they have a picture and
underneath the picture is a few sentences in small type describing the picture. I want to do the same thing in MS Word, do you know how to do that? Do you have a file with an example? I then want to take the picture with small text and put is into a letter and have the letter text tightly surround the picture (I know how to do that part)? Please respond to my email address, |
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Hi Richard
Richard wrote: Do you know in a newspaper, they have a picture and underneath the picture is a few sentences in small type describing the picture. I want to do the same thing in MS Word, do you know how to do that? Do you have a file with an example? I then want to take the picture with small text and put is into a letter and have the letter text tightly surround the picture (I know how to do that part)? You insert the picture, make sure it is floating, not "inline" (Format | Picture | Layout) and add a caption (Insert | Caption). You can now chose the font size of the caption by chaning it in the style with the same name. You can also change the horizontal gap between the text and the picture in the Layout tab. Exact menues differ from version of Word, and you didn't mention which one you're using. Please respond to my email address, Sorry, this is Usenet ... Greetinx ..bob -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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Instead of floating the picture and caption separately, I would leave them
both inline and insert both in a frame, then wrap text around the frame. This allows the caption to be "seen" for a Table of Figures, cross-references, etc. -- 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. "Robert M. Franz" wrote in message ... Hi Richard Richard wrote: Do you know in a newspaper, they have a picture and underneath the picture is a few sentences in small type describing the picture. I want to do the same thing in MS Word, do you know how to do that? Do you have a file with an example? I then want to take the picture with small text and put is into a letter and have the letter text tightly surround the picture (I know how to do that part)? You insert the picture, make sure it is floating, not "inline" (Format | Picture | Layout) and add a caption (Insert | Caption). You can now chose the font size of the caption by chaning it in the style with the same name. You can also change the horizontal gap between the text and the picture in the Layout tab. Exact menues differ from version of Word, and you didn't mention which one you're using. Please respond to my email address, Sorry, this is Usenet ... Greetinx .bob -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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Hi Stephanie
Stephanie Krieger wrote: You can make it a bit simpler than that... put the whole thing in a table instead of a frame and don't use text wrapping. Assuming we're dealing with a real long doc, I can see the point of Suzanne's answer. I would also recommend to use inline objects instead of floating ones if ever possible. However, since the OP asked specifically for newspaper style text/picture flow, I don't think an inline table will suit him best. In complex docs, frames have a tendency to cause some unstable behavior I've never seen a frame cause trouble if setup right ... and inline objects are just easier to manage in a table. [..] .... nor do I think this is correct: Since you can make a frame part of a style, there's not much easier to manage than this. Tables, OTOH ... yuck ;-) 2cents ..bob -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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Hi, Robert,
Actually an inline table will work best and keep the document behaving far better than the alternative. I understand why you would say that -- surely columns offer the benefit of text flow between -- however, didn't seem as though his reference to newspaper setup meant text flow across newspaper columns, Even so, the instability risk is not worth placing frames within columns in a long document. Much less work involved ultimately to use a table -- even if text flow changes. Best, Stephanie -----Original Message----- Hi Stephanie Stephanie Krieger wrote: You can make it a bit simpler than that... put the whole thing in a table instead of a frame and don't use text wrapping. Assuming we're dealing with a real long doc, I can see the point of Suzanne's answer. I would also recommend to use inline objects instead of floating ones if ever possible. However, since the OP asked specifically for newspaper style text/picture flow, I don't think an inline table will suit him best. In complex docs, frames have a tendency to cause some unstable behavior I've never seen a frame cause trouble if setup right ... and inline objects are just easier to manage in a table. [..] .... nor do I think this is correct: Since you can make a frame part of a style, there's not much easier to manage than this. Tables, OTOH ... yuck ;-) 2cents ..bob -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word . |
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Robert,
Afraid I hadn't read your whole post initially. I suspect we just have a difference of opinion -- but I think you deserve responses on a couple of points: What I indicated was absolutely accurate -- happy to send you samples if you'd like to see some. I can tell you that frames will frequently cause trouble in long, complex documents... though the version of Word does also make a difference in the level of stability issue. Whats more -- for someone without much experience creating complex docs, the user is much more likely to incorrectly set up a frame than a table. I'm guessing we might just have different ideas of what is a complex document and different experience. I'm very surprised at your reaction to tables -- if you don't think they're a good and simple solution here, perhaps you've not used them in this way? Happy to send you an example if you like -- just email me. I don't get the chance to check posts very often. Best, Stephanie Krieger email: -----Original Message----- Hi Stephanie Stephanie Krieger wrote: You can make it a bit simpler than that... put the whole thing in a table instead of a frame and don't use text wrapping. Assuming we're dealing with a real long doc, I can see the point of Suzanne's answer. I would also recommend to use inline objects instead of floating ones if ever possible. However, since the OP asked specifically for newspaper style text/picture flow, I don't think an inline table will suit him best. In complex docs, frames have a tendency to cause some unstable behavior I've never seen a frame cause trouble if setup right ... and inline objects are just easier to manage in a table. [..] .... nor do I think this is correct: Since you can make a frame part of a style, there's not much easier to manage than this. Tables, OTOH ... yuck ;-) 2cents ..bob -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word . |
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Hi Stephanie
Stephanie Krieger wrote: [..] What I indicated was absolutely accurate -- happy to send you samples if you'd like to see some. I can tell you that frames will frequently cause trouble in long, complex documents... It's no use if we doubt each others' experience; I've never seen frames go havoc in long documents, nor short tables. Long tables, OTOH ... ;-) But YMMV, of course. though the version of Word does also make a difference in the level of stability issue. Indeed! Whats more -- for someone without much experience creating complex docs, the user is much more likely to incorrectly set up a frame than a table. Hard to decide; someone w/o much experience should not setup long documents IMHO. ;-) I'm guessing we might just have different ideas of what is a complex document and different experience. Possibly. 1000 page document as an academic publication, with lots of tables and even more inline OLE objects is the one I have to suffer with. :-) I'm very surprised at your reaction to tables -- if you don't think they're a good and simple solution here, perhaps you've not used them in this way? [..] In the OP's context, I expect he has a text with (at least) 2 columns and wants a "floating object" of some sort, together with a caption, surrounded by text. I don't think an inline object will do for that. I'm sure I wouldn't want to work with floating objects and surrounding text (in a longer document, at least), but as long as this are the preconditions ... Trying to add a caption to a floating table doesn't seem very promising, either. So I think we just agree to disagree -- nothing wrong with that. Greetinx ..bob -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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