FAQs and Tips for Word Drawing and Graphics

Here are 23 Word FAQs, Tips, and Techniques that will help you master and become more productive using Word’s Drawing and Graphics features and functionality. These are written by Microsoft Word MVPs and cover all versions of Word from 2000 to 2004.


General Concepts

 - Inline versus floating graphics
 - Inline–Floating hybrid graphics
 - The drawing layer explained
 - Wrapping


Manipulating Graphics and Drawing Objects

 - Wrapping text around a graphic
 - Working with anchors
 - Unlinking a floating linked graphic
 - Unlinking an inline linked graphic
 - Selecting drawing objects behind text
 - Rotating clipart
 - Rotating or flipping text
 - Set paste inline as the default


Graphics Formats

 - Choosing graphics formats
 - Creating PDF output
 - File associations: restoring


“Graphic Gotchas ”

 - Graphics display as red X’s
 - Captions don’t update or don’t appear
 - Graphics don’t display or don’t print
 - Preventing graphics reverting to their original size
 - Positioning floating graphics relative to page
 - Floating objects in tables are vertically aligned wrongly
 - Linked floating graphics don’t show up in Edit Links
 - Preventing layout change on different computer

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