moving text and objects together in Publisher2007

How do you move text and objects together in Microsoft Publisher. When I cut
and paste, only the text moves and the objects remain behind. Are there
control keys that allow you to move whatever you highlight, including text
and objects in one block?

Press shift as you select the text box and objects.

--
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

"Blindy" wrote in message
...
How do you move text and objects together in Microsoft Publisher. When I cut
and paste, only the text moves and the objects remain behind. Are there
control keys that allow you to move whatever you highlight, including text
and objects in one block?

I held down the shift key and highlighted the text and text boxes in that
paragraph. pressed control C to copy to text and text boxes to the clipboard
and still, only the text was copied. The text box was not and that's the
whole problem. I'm trying to move blocks of text and text boxes from one page
to another. I can move whole pages by dragging the page number on the bottom
to a new location but I can't move paragraphs that include objects like text
boxes to to other locations with the text boxes included.

"Blindy" wrote:

How do you move text and objects together in Microsoft Publisher. When I cut
and paste, only the text moves and the objects remain behind. Are there
control keys that allow you to move whatever you highlight, including text
and objects in one block?

Hello Blindy,
Drag the text box to the scratch area, go to the page you want the text to be
and drag the text box to that page. You don't need to highlight text if you are
moving the entire text box. If you only want a paragraph copied, highlight the
text, copy.
Go to the page where you want the copied text, create a text box, with your
cursor in the box, paste.

--
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

"Blindy" wrote in message
...
I held down the shift key and highlighted the text and text boxes in that
paragraph. pressed control C to copy to text and text boxes to the clipboard
and still, only the text was copied. The text box was not and that's the
whole problem. I'm trying to move blocks of text and text boxes from one page
to another. I can move whole pages by dragging the page number on the bottom
to a new location but I can't move paragraphs that include objects like text
boxes to to other locations with the text boxes included.

"Blindy" wrote:

How do you move text and objects together in Microsoft Publisher. When I cut
and paste, only the text moves and the objects remain behind. Are there
control keys that allow you to move whatever you highlight, including text
and objects in one block?

"Mary Sauer" wrote:

Hello Blindy,
Drag the text box to the scratch area, go to the page you want the text to be
and drag the text box to that page. You don't need to highlight text if you are
moving the entire text box. If you only want a paragraph copied, highlight the
text, copy.
Go to the page where you want the copied text, create a text box, with your
cursor in the box, paste.

--
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

"Blindy" wrote in message
...
I held down the shift key and highlighted the text and text boxes in that
paragraph. pressed control C to copy to text and text boxes to the clipboard
and still, only the text was copied. The text box was not and that's the
whole problem. I'm trying to move blocks of text and text boxes from one page
to another. I can move whole pages by dragging the page number on the bottom
to a new location but I can't move paragraphs that include objects like text
boxes to to other locations with the text boxes included.

"Blindy" wrote:

How do you move text and objects together in Microsoft Publisher. When I cut
and paste, only the text moves and the objects remain behind. Are there
control keys that allow you to move whatever you highlight, including text
and objects in one block?

Hello Mary,

Thanks for your help. In sending a reply, this appears the only area to do
so.

I appreciate your information regarding dragging the text boxes to the
scratch area. The problem for me is that I'm writing a book in which the
formatting of the text boxes is important and I have to move a lot of
paragraphs around while editing. I had assumed there was a method by which I
could move text and graphics together when moving paragraphs, thereby
maintaining the place holders for the text boxes when they are moved.

If I have to move hundreds of text boxes or graphics into the scratch area,
then reinsert them into text that was moved, I'll be there all day.

I'm looking for a simple way to move text and objects in together so they
maintain their formatting. At this point, I'm not sure that this is possible
and it's very frustrating.

thanks,

Blindy

"Mary Sauer" wrote:

Hello Blindy,
Drag the text box to the scratch area, go to the page you want the text to be
and drag the text box to that page. You don't need to highlight text if you are
moving the entire text box. If you only want a paragraph copied, highlight the
text, copy.
Go to the page where you want the copied text, create a text box, with your
cursor in the box, paste.

--
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

"Blindy" wrote in message
...
I held down the shift key and highlighted the text and text boxes in that
paragraph. pressed control C to copy to text and text boxes to the clipboard
and still, only the text was copied. The text box was not and that's the
whole problem. I'm trying to move blocks of text and text boxes from one page
to another. I can move whole pages by dragging the page number on the bottom
to a new location but I can't move paragraphs that include objects like text
boxes to to other locations with the text boxes included.

"Blindy" wrote:

How do you move text and objects together in Microsoft Publisher. When I cut
and paste, only the text moves and the objects remain behind. Are there
control keys that allow you to move whatever you highlight, including text
and objects in one block?

Hello Blindy,
Long documents are best done in Word. You don't have to contend with text boxes.
You are making a lot of work for yourself.

--
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

"Blindy" wrote in message
...
Hello Mary,

Thanks for your help. In sending a reply, this appears the only area to do
so.

I appreciate your information regarding dragging the text boxes to the
scratch area. The problem for me is that I'm writing a book in which the
formatting of the text boxes is important and I have to move a lot of
paragraphs around while editing. I had assumed there was a method by which I
could move text and graphics together when moving paragraphs, thereby
maintaining the place holders for the text boxes when they are moved.

If I have to move hundreds of text boxes or graphics into the scratch area,
then reinsert them into text that was moved, I'll be there all day.

I'm looking for a simple way to move text and objects in together so they
maintain their formatting. At this point, I'm not sure that this is possible
and it's very frustrating.

thanks,

Blindy

"Mary Sauer" wrote:

Hello Blindy,
Drag the text box to the scratch area, go to the page you want the text to be
and drag the text box to that page. You don't need to highlight text if you
are
moving the entire text box. If you only want a paragraph copied, highlight
the
text, copy.
Go to the page where you want the copied text, create a text box, with your
cursor in the box, paste.

--
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

"Blindy" wrote in message
...
I held down the shift key and highlighted the text and text boxes in that
paragraph. pressed control C to copy to text and text boxes to the
clipboard
and still, only the text was copied. The text box was not and that's the
whole problem. I'm trying to move blocks of text and text boxes from one
page
to another. I can move whole pages by dragging the page number on the
bottom
to a new location but I can't move paragraphs that include objects like
text
boxes to to other locations with the text boxes included.

"Blindy" wrote:

How do you move text and objects together in Microsoft Publisher. When I
cut
and paste, only the text moves and the objects remain behind. Are there
control keys that allow you to move whatever you highlight, including text
and objects in one block?

Unfortunately, the whole point of using Publisher was to be able to move text
and graphics together as well as place the graphics exactly where I want
them. Word doesn't allow for this. In writing a book with a graphic
designer, placing blocks of text and graphics specifically into new areas as
one block is critical in editing. Paragraphs are constantly being edited as
new material is added and unless I can specifically move blocks of text and
graphics at the same time (other than full pages, which can be done), this
program is worthless to me and I'll have to buy Indesign.


I had assumed that Publisher does this

"Mary Sauer" wrote:

Hello Blindy,
Long documents are best done in Word. You don't have to contend with text boxes.
You are making a lot of work for yourself.

--
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

"Blindy" wrote in message
...
Hello Mary,

Thanks for your help. In sending a reply, this appears the only area to do
so.

I appreciate your information regarding dragging the text boxes to the
scratch area. The problem for me is that I'm writing a book in which the
formatting of the text boxes is important and I have to move a lot of
paragraphs around while editing. I had assumed there was a method by which I
could move text and graphics together when moving paragraphs, thereby
maintaining the place holders for the text boxes when they are moved.

If I have to move hundreds of text boxes or graphics into the scratch area,
then reinsert them into text that was moved, I'll be there all day.

I'm looking for a simple way to move text and objects in together so they
maintain their formatting. At this point, I'm not sure that this is possible
and it's very frustrating.

thanks,

Blindy

"Mary Sauer" wrote:

Hello Blindy,
Drag the text box to the scratch area, go to the page you want the text to be
and drag the text box to that page. You don't need to highlight text if you
are
moving the entire text box. If you only want a paragraph copied, highlight
the
text, copy.
Go to the page where you want the copied text, create a text box, with your
cursor in the box, paste.

--
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

"Blindy" wrote in message
...
I held down the shift key and highlighted the text and text boxes in that
paragraph. pressed control C to copy to text and text boxes to the
clipboard
and still, only the text was copied. The text box was not and that's the
whole problem. I'm trying to move blocks of text and text boxes from one
page
to another. I can move whole pages by dragging the page number on the
bottom
to a new location but I can't move paragraphs that include objects like
text
boxes to to other locations with the text boxes included.

"Blindy" wrote:

How do you move text and objects together in Microsoft Publisher. When I
cut
and paste, only the text moves and the objects remain behind. Are there
control keys that allow you to move whatever you highlight, including text
and objects in one block?

You can move text boxes and objects together, but not blocks of text and
objects.

--
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

"Blindy" wrote in message
...
Unfortunately, the whole point of using Publisher was to be able to move text
and graphics together as well as place the graphics exactly where I want
them. Word doesn't allow for this. In writing a book with a graphic
designer, placing blocks of text and graphics specifically into new areas as
one block is critical in editing. Paragraphs are constantly being edited as
new material is added and unless I can specifically move blocks of text and
graphics at the same time (other than full pages, which can be done), this
program is worthless to me and I'll have to buy Indesign.


I had assumed that Publisher does this

"Mary Sauer" wrote:

Hello Blindy,
Long documents are best done in Word. You don't have to contend with text
boxes.
You are making a lot of work for yourself.

--
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

"Blindy" wrote in message
...
Hello Mary,

Thanks for your help. In sending a reply, this appears the only area to do
so.

I appreciate your information regarding dragging the text boxes to the
scratch area. The problem for me is that I'm writing a book in which the
formatting of the text boxes is important and I have to move a lot of
paragraphs around while editing. I had assumed there was a method by which
I
could move text and graphics together when moving paragraphs, thereby
maintaining the place holders for the text boxes when they are moved.

If I have to move hundreds of text boxes or graphics into the scratch area,
then reinsert them into text that was moved, I'll be there all day.

I'm looking for a simple way to move text and objects in together so they
maintain their formatting. At this point, I'm not sure that this is
possible
and it's very frustrating.

thanks,

Blindy

"Mary Sauer" wrote:

Hello Blindy,
Drag the text box to the scratch area, go to the page you want the text to
be
and drag the text box to that page. You don't need to highlight text if
you
are
moving the entire text box. If you only want a paragraph copied, highlight
the
text, copy.
Go to the page where you want the copied text, create a text box, with
your
cursor in the box, paste.

--
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

"Blindy" wrote in message
...
I held down the shift key and highlighted the text and text boxes in that
paragraph. pressed control C to copy to text and text boxes to the
clipboard
and still, only the text was copied. The text box was not and that's the
whole problem. I'm trying to move blocks of text and text boxes from one
page
to another. I can move whole pages by dragging the page number on the
bottom
to a new location but I can't move paragraphs that include objects like
text
boxes to to other locations with the text boxes included.

"Blindy" wrote:

How do you move text and objects together in Microsoft Publisher. When
I
cut
and paste, only the text moves and the objects remain behind. Are there
control keys that allow you to move whatever you highlight, including
text
and objects in one block?

Blindy wrote:
How do you move text and objects together in Microsoft Publisher.
When I cut and paste, only the text moves and the objects remain
behind. Are there control keys that allow you to move whatever you
highlight, including text and objects in one block?
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I hope I understand the question...if I do...
the missing step here is to "Lock" the group
together.

Something to try...

Hold your Shift key while clicking the objects
you wish to Group. Or...while holding your Ctrl
key...left click/select all the objects, textboxes,
etc. that you wish to include in a group.

Now...the important step.....
A lock will appear at the edge of the group
and you just left click it to group the objects.

Or...you can simply left click/drag a box
around the group and when you release the
mouse button the lock will appear.

OK...once you have the objects grouped...
right click the picture and choose copy...

Now you should be able to paste the group
on any page you wish.

Also...you can reposition the Group by left
click/drag or use your arrow keys.

--

John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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