Textbox: moving the anchor

[djprius]

I note that the anchor can be moved for a textbox to a paragraph
other than the paragraph in which the textbox resides or is adjacent to.

Is there a reason? That is, can one make use of the property?

(I am aware that a texbox in the header will anchor there and then
the textbox can be placed anywhere on the page -- and repeat on all
pages, just as a regular header.)

David

 

[Jay Freedman]

That's a general property of all floating objects: their position on the page is
usually independent of the anchor's location. In the Format <the object>
dialogs, you can set the position of the object relative to the page or margins,
and then the anchor can be anywhere on the page. If editing causes the anchor to
move up or down, the object stays put.

Because of the way Word handles floating objects (which includes text boxes and
graphics and other objects that aren't in line with text), the object must be on
the same page as its anchor. If the editing of earlier parts of the document
cause the paragraph containing the anchor to shift to a different page, then the
object will also move to that page. Often this is the behavior you want, but
sometimes you want the object to stay on the old page. To do that, move the
anchor to a paragraph on the desired page.

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Jay Freedman
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[djprius]

Thank you for your clear explanation.

David

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[djprius]

Jay,

I have Word 07. I was trying out moving the textbox as you describe.
I found I *could* move the textbox itself to another page (and the
anchor came along on its own), but if I tried to drag the anchor to
another page, I could no longer see the anchor or the textbox any place
on either the originating or destination page. I had gather from your
post I could move the anchor to move the textbox to another page.

David

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[Jay Freedman]

I just tried exactly that -- in Word 2007, dragged the anchor from one page to
another -- and both the anchor and the text box appeared on the destination
page.

I'd be tempted to blame your video driver/hardware, except that I'm working on
an old, underpowered laptop and it wasn't fazed at all. Just for fun, when the
text box disappears, try changing the zoom or scrolling away and back, to see if
that gives Word a kick in the pants.

Jay

 

[djprius]

Jay,

I tried the same thing in another document. I could drag *either*
the anchor or the textbox to another page; the other came along. I did
not need to change zoom. Thanks for your help.

David

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[CyberTaz]

Images in Word can only appear on the same "page" as the para to which it is
anchored. In some cases it's necessary to anchor the image to a different
para because revision of the doc causes the original anchor para to shift
(eg., to another page) causing the image to go with it... Or better yet,
anticipate the shift & reposition the anchor before it occurs.

Even more significant is that if you delete a para to which an object is
anchored the object is deleted as well.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac