Professor Al's Microsoft WORD 2000 Tutorials

WRAP TEXT AROUND GRAPHIC IN WORD 2000

Here's a better way to wrap text around a graphic image, allow the text to follow the contours of the image rather than just the box enclosing and imported graphic. Here, and in Step-by-Step is how to make this work for you. The example below is the expected result.

Select Insert | Picture to import a picture into your document.
Then size and position it as you would withany image.
Click the Text Wrapping icon on thePicture toolbar.
Select Edit Wrap Points from the resulting pop-up menu.
If your image is a .wmf file, WORD contours the text wrapping points around the image automatically.
Otherwise, you'll need to do this manually.

Click the crosshair pointer anywhere on the red dotted outline around the graphic and drag the outline to a new position.
Repeat this as often as you need to, until the dotted red outline closely follows the contours of the image. Note: Each black dot is a spot on the red outline that was dragged closer to the image.

Step-By-Step

Select an image, then place it and size it as you would any image.
Click the Text Wrapping Icon on the Picture toolbar.
(The button is square with white lines and has what looks like a dog image in the middle; it's the 4^th in from the right side.)

Select Edit Wrap Points from the Icon's pop-up menu.
Drag the red dotted outline so that it follows the image contours closely.
When you click outside the image, Word will automatically wrap existing or new text around the image wherever you place the graphic image.