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From: englandr@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Scott Englander)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: More Word gripes
Message-ID: <14078@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 25 Feb 90 00:30:27 GMT
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Reply-To: englandr@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Scott Englander)
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In article <90052.210048Q8N@psuvm.psu.edu> Q8N@psuvm.psu.edu (Scott D. Camp) writes:
>Recently, I saw a post where the person was asking about anchoring a graphic
>to a page location and then having Word flow text around it.  I don't think
 
>To the best of my knowledge, this is not possible with Word 4.0.  However,
>since this is a real problem for me as I need to insert tables, charts, and
>graphs into Word to produce draft chapters of my dissertation.  As it
>
It certainly is.  I just wrote a 250 pp thesis, and made extensive use
of the Position command.  Simply select the paragraph(s) (graphic,
table, text, etc.) and use Position.  The preview button in the dialog
will let you move it (them) around by eye, which you can also do in
Print Preview.  To change a position, you can simply double-click on the
little black box that appears in to the left of a positioned object
when codes are showing.  Read the manual for more info.

The feature actually works pretty well, except when it comes to
footnotes.  The problem is that as you change an object's position, text
containing footnote references may be moved onto the next or previous
page, which then leaves more room at the bottom... you get the idea.
Usually you can fiddle around and finally get it the way you want it by
physically cutting and pasting the object into a new sequential position
in the document, while in galley view (not Page View).  E.g., if you
can't get an object on the page you want, cut it and paste it one or two
paragraphs forward or back.

>I keep my chapters in separtate files.  I then print the whole thing by
>choosing the appropriate file under the Next File selection of Page Setup.
>While this works to print all chapters, I have to manually change ahead of
>time the starting page number for each chapter.  Again, am I missing
>something?  I admit I haven't read the 4.0 documentation as closely as I

Yes, again.  Just put a zero in the starting page number entry in the
Document dialog for subsequent files.  They won't be numbered right on
screen, but when you print it out, the printed version will have
sequential page numbers.

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                                               - Scott