How to Anchor an Image in Word

This wikiHow teaches you how to anchor an image to a specific position in a Microsoft Word document.

Steps

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    Open your Word document. Double-click the file to open it in Word.
    • Another way to open the document is to open Word (in the Windows menu on a PC or the Applications folder on a Mac), click File, click Open, then double-click the file.
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    Enable anchor labeling. This will help you keep track of where your anchors are set.
    • Click the File menu.
    • Click Options.
    • Click Display.
    • Check the box next to “Object anchors.”
    • Click OK.
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    Insert the image you wish to anchor. If you’ve already inserted your image, just scroll down to it now. Otherwise, here are a few different ways to get an image into your document:
    • Click Picture on the Insert tab, then select the image.
    • Drag an image to the document.
    • Copy an image from somewhere else on your computer, then press Ctrl+V (Windows) or ⌘ Cmd+V (macOS) to paste.
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    Right-click the image. A menu will appear.
    • If you don’t have a right mouse button, hold down Ctrl as you click with the left button.
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    Click Size and Position…. This brings you to the “Position” tab.
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    Set the image’s absolute position. This defines where the image will be anchored. You’ll have a section for both horizontal and vertical absolute positions drop-downs.
    • Horizontal: Select a distance from the first drop-down, and then select a relative page element. For example, to anchor the image 1” to the right of a column, select 1” and Column from the menus.
    • Vertical: This is the same principal, but defines how far below a page element the image will be anchored. For example, to anchor an image 1” beneath the paragraph where it’s anchored, select 1" from the first drop-down, and Paragraph from the second.[1]
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    Click Text Wrapping.
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    Select a wrapping option. You can wrap text around an anchored image with every option except "In line with text.” Choose any option other than that.
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    Click OK. You should now see an anchor icon above the image’s top-left corner, meaning the image is now anchored to its position.
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References

  1. ↑ https://wordribbon.tips.net/T008229_Understanding_Object_Anchors

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