Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!dali.cs.montana.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!nsc!pyramid!dosbears!drp From: drp@dosbears.UUCP (David R. Preston) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: W4W and picture positions Message-ID: <300@dosbears> Date: 8 May 91 02:55:11 GMT References: <1991May7.155136.9370@wam.umd.edu> Reply-To: drp%dosbears.uucp@pyramid.com (David R. Preston) Organization: DosBears Lines: 47 In article <1991May7.155136.9370@wam.umd.edu> einstein@wam.umd.edu (Daniel J. Levine) writes: >I am trying to do something very simple-- I think-- in W4W v1.1. It's not as simple as it should be (hint hint for Microsoft). >I would like to have 2 pictures (1 in the upper left and 1 in the >upper right corner of a page, both butted up against and inside the >margins). I also would like to have text that is centered between >the two pictures. > >Is there a better way to do this? I would expect that there would be but >this was the best I could do. I've tried what they said about moving the >pictures when in the print preview, but they won't move in this case for me. >(Of course I can't figure out why that is either.) You must first transform the picture into an object. This magical transformation is accomplished by selecting the picture (by clicking on it, not highlighting it), and changing something(anything) in the format position dialog box. I usually change the "Horizontal Position Relative to" to page, but any change will let it know that you want to objectify. 1. Center the text 2. Insert the first picture somewhere else on the page. 3. Insert the second picture, with at least a space between it and the first (sometimes it thinks that both are to be part of the same object). 4. Turn them into objects (separately). 5 Go to print preview. 6. Turn boundaries on. 7. Use the mouse to position the objects. W4W is fascist (in the sense used bu Jim Seymour in the current "PC Magazine") in its layout; it doesn't let you get things "too close" together. I've actually crashed the program trying to arrange something exactly the way I wanted it. BTW, blocks of text can also be made into objects. Also, objects can only be positioned on the page which contains the picture or text comprising the object.... -- David R. Preston drp%dosbears.uucp@ingres.com The world hadn't ever had so many moving parts or so few labels. D. R. Preston 584 Castro St. #614 SF CA 94114 USA