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WSSher
AskWoody LoungerStuart, once again, thank you. I should have tried the ?, but it so often provides just obvious (i.e. useless) info that I guess I’ve pretty much zoned it out as an option. Lesson to me.
Thanks for taking the time to test this out and let me know.
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WSSher
AskWoody LoungerYep, that’s what I’m doing now. It is inconvenient to not be able to drag it to right where I want it to be, but if that’s what will keep things from happening unpredictably, that’s what I’ll do!
I was hoping there was some reference to help me think through the ramifications of choosing those different options (relative to page, margin, line, column, etc.), but I guess I’ll just have to figure it out by intuition and trial and error.
On a slightly different note, what exactly does “Allow overlap” mean, and do? I’m not seeing any difference whether it’s checked or unchecked, but maybe I’m not using it in a way where the difference would be obvious. (Overlapping graphics margins perhaps?) Of course, Word Help doesn’t have any entry at all for this option, and there doesn’t seem to be anything about it on the MS Website, either. Sigh….
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WSSher
AskWoody LoungerAndrew and Stuart, thank you. I have done all the things you note. For this document, inline graphics won’t achieve the effect I need, so I’m stuck with having to choose one of the others. I am looking at the anchors (but of course those appear and disappear on a sort of predictable set of actions), and I’m trying to fiddle with the advanced options. That’s where I’m getting confused because the same settings in two graphics seem to do different things. And you’re right, the settings seem to change on their own.
And then there’s the “jumping” aspect when you’re moving from page to page or close to the upper/lower margins…..(seems to throw in a large negative value which I seem to recall from looking at previous PostScript code stuff but have never figured out what the reasoning is)….OY! I think you’re right about the book those MS programmers used. I’m still confident there IS or WAS a plan — I just want to find some way to figure out what it IS/WAS!
Thanks for the commiseration, anyway!
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WSSher
AskWoody LoungerWell now, this is pretty scary! I thought it was just me, but maybe not, huh?
Surely there has to be some resource to explain this? (Oh, what am I saying? It IS Microsoft, after all.
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Seriously, I couldn’t find info on the MVP site or on microsoft.com. Is there a (shudder) book you (or anyone) know of that might shed some light on why these graphics might be jumping around? I do try to stay away from paying to learn how to use these tools, but there comes a time….
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WSSher
AskWoody LoungerThat did it! The paragraph format for the character in the text box was “24 pt” after, and that’s what was pushing the box longer.
I had put the page number in a floating box when I was designing the page and playing with other looks. Turned out I didn’t need it and should have removed it anyway, so thanks for diagnosing the problem. I have fixed the document, and am quite relieved. Thanks!
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WSSher
AskWoody LoungerTo follow up, here’s a file that demonstrates the problem. Check out the top of pages 2 and 4.
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