"Tightly" images not wrapping

[Rich]

I'm formating by black and white jpg images to "Tightly" for text
wrapping, but it's treating them as square. How does MS Word know
where the border of the image begins so that the text can abut it?

Thanks,
Rich

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If the image is square/rectangular, Tight and Square will be the same. Once
you've chosen Tight, however, you have the option to Edit Wrap Points, which
allows you to fine-tune the edge of the image.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Jay Freedman]

I'm formating by black and white jpg images to "Tightly" for text
wrapping, but it's treating them as square. How does MS Word know
where the border of the image begins so that the text can abut it?

Thanks,
Rich

After you set Tight wrapping, click again on the Wrapping button on
the Picture toolbar and select Edit Wrap Points at the bottom of the
menu. You'll probably see just four small black points at the corners,
connected by red dashed lines. You can drag those points closer to the
image; and by Ctrl+click anywhere on the dashed outline you can add
more points and drag them. As you exclude areas of the picture's
background, the text will move in to fill it.

As an aside, the image doesn't have to be black and white. For the
text to show up, though, it does have to have a light-colored or
transparent background.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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