Change the default positioning of graphics - Word

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Change the default positioning of graphics

Applies to: Microsoft Office Word 2003

You can specify whether pictures and drawing objects are automatically inserted as inline (inline object: A graphic or other object that is positioned directly in the text of a Microsoft Word document at the insertion point.), so that they move with text, or floating (floating object: A graphic or other object that is inserted in the drawing layer so that you can position it precisely on the page or in front of or behind text or other objects.), so that text wraps above, in front of, or behind them.

Do one of the following:

Show Specify the default positioning of pictures

On the Tools menu, click Options.
Click the Edit tab.
In the Insert/paste pictures as box, click the default positioning you want.
To set the default as inline, select Inline with text; to set the default as floating, select any of the other options.

Show Specify the default positioning of drawing objects

On the Tools menu, click Options.
Click the General tab.
Select or clear the Automatically create drawing canvas when inserting AutoShapes check box.
To set the default as inline, select the check box; to set the default as floating, clear the check box.
Note If you want to use the drawing canvas (drawing canvas: An area on which you can draw multiple shapes. Because the shapes are contained within the drawing canvas, they can be moved and resized as a unit.) to create a floating drawing, clear the check box, but you must insert a drawing canvas by clicking New Drawing on the Picture submenu of the Insert menu. With the drawing canvas selected, click Drawing Canvas on the Format menu, and on the Layout tab, select an option under Wrapping style.