Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated July 14, 2020)
This tip applies to Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
Other issues of WordTips present different ways to create various objects using the Drawing toolbar. If you want to change the positioning of these objects once they are placed in your document, you can do so in this manner:
Figure 1. A selected drawing object has handles around it.
WordTips is your source for cost-effective Microsoft Word training. (Microsoft Word is the most popular word processing software in the world.) This tip (1283) applies to Microsoft Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. You can find a version of this tip for the ribbon interface of Word (Word 2007 and later) here: Moving Drawing Objects.
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