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Set the position of an image or object over a wide range of positions in the document.

Horizontal

Position an image horizontally on a page based on the following:

  • Alignment    Set an image Left, Right, or Centered relative to the Page, Margin, Column, Character, Left, Right, Inside, or Outside margins. Page and Margin settings position the object relative to both the left and right of the page.

  • Book Layout    Set position when your document will be produced for printing or binding. You can control where your image will appear on a left or right page. You can position images relative to the Inside or Outside of the Page or Margin.

  • Absolute position    Locks your image to a specific measured position to the right of the Page, Margin, Column, Character, or specifically to the Left, Right, Inside, or Outside margin. Measurements can be specified as either positive or negative for exact position control left or right of the anchor point. The image will stay in the same position regardless of any other formatting changes you make.

  • Relative position    Set an image to a position relative to the Margin, Page, Left, Right, Inside, or Outside Margins. Specific settings are percentages. This can be helpful to keep an image a set distance from a margin, even if you plan change margins.

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Vertical

Position an image vertically on a page based on the following:

  • Alignment    Position an image at the Top, Centered, Bottom, Inside, or Outside as relative to the Page, Margin, line, Top, Bottom, Inside, or Outside margins. Page and Margin position the image relative to both the top and bottom of the page.

  • Absolute position    Locks your image to a specific measured position below the Page, Margin, Paragraph, Line, or specifically the Top, Bottom, Inside, or Outside margin. Measurements can be specified as either positive or negative for exact position control up or down from the anchor point. The image will stay in the same position regardless of any other formatting changes you make.

  • Relative position    Set an image to a position relative to the Margin, Page, Top, Bottom, Inside, or Outside Margins. This can be helpful to keep an image a set distance from a margin, even if you plan change margins.

Options

Additional options to use when positioning images and objects.

  • Move object with text    Moves the image with the text it's positioned with. For example, if an image is positioned with a paragraph, and you insert another paragraph before it, the image will move with the original paragraph. This only works on moveable images (not In Line with Text wrapping), and are not in a fixed position as set on the Wrap Text menu. When you enable this setting, it will also set Move with Text on the Wrap Text menu. You'll also notice that horizontal and vertical alignment will change to absolute positions relative to the margin (horizontal) and paragraph (vertical).

  • Lock anchor    Locks an image with a paragraph. Move object with text will keep an image in a paragraph if you move the paragraphs on the page. However, if you select and drag a paragraph into another page, the image may shift to the other page. When you lock the anchor, if you select a paragraph and image and move the paragraph to another page, it stays with the original text.

  • Allow overlap    Allows you to drag images to overlap each other. Images are in a layer format. To change which image is in front or behind, another use the Bring Forward, or Send Backward buttons in the Arrange group to change the order. This affects the whole document.

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