I want to be able to click and drag to move photos

[Guest]

Two questions:
The only way that I can move a photo that I inserted is to push the space
bar to move right, backspace to move left, etc. I want to click and drag to
move it wherever. Please help.

Secondly, on the same subject, on a photo I just cut and pasted from another
document, I don't get the Word 2007 option of the different border styles
(oval, fuzzy edge, picture frame, thick black border, etc.). Where'd those
options go?

OK, one more. I notice that sometimes when I select a picture, the boxes on
the corners that show that the picture is selected are different than when I
select others, which have the short line at the top-middle border attached to
a small circly, for rotating I believe. Can someone explain the difference?

Thanks in advance for the help.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

I believe that the different boxes when the picture is selected (#3) is
telling you whether the picture is floating or in-line with text. Only
floating graphics can be dragged around--inline ones act like text
(#1). Not sure about your #2, but possibly those features are not
available because the picture is inline with text.

Bring up Format Picture and change the Layout or Wrapping setting.
Anything except In-line with Text is a floating graphic.

I think you can set a default setting for pasted pictures in Word 2007,
but not sure where.

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

#2 occurs if the document is in compatibility mode. The option for oval,
fuzzy edge, picture frame, thick black border, etc. use Office 2007 new
graphics options and aren't supported in a Word 97-2003 document. There are
other differences, too, and I can't tell from your description whether #3 is
a compatibility mode situation, too, or not.

For #1, click the Picture Tools - Format tab. From there, you can set Text
Wrapping (in the Arrange section) to something other than In line with text,
which will enable you to drag.