Moving Object Anchors

Summary: With this tip you can move an Object Anchor to another paragraph without moving it on the document itself. (This tip works with Microsoft Word 6, Word 95, Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, and Word 2003.)

An object anchor is an indicator that shows the document paragraph with which a floating object is associated. You can see where object anchors are located by applying the information presented in the previous tip.

Once you place a picture or other object in your document, you may want to change the paragraph to which it is anchored. To move the object anchor, follow these steps:

Make sure you can see the object anchor icon that you want to move.
Click on the object anchor icon and drag it either up (towards the beginning of the document) or down (towards the end of the document).
Release the mouse button when the mouse pointer is next to the paragraph where you want the object anchored.

Moving an object anchor doesn't necessarily move the object associated with the anchor. Instead, Word adjusts the positioning information for the object. If you want to actually move the object's position, you need to displays the object's Format dialog box and change the settings on the Position tab.

Tip #1440 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95 | 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

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