I've done some experimenting with the use of text boxes since the last post. I find that the positioning of the boxes is more stable than that associated with the use of frames, and that it is easier to position multiple pictures/boxes on a page.

Where I am running into difficulty, however, is when I am mixing text with the text boxes (containing pictures), where the text boxes consume an entire page. Most of my writing uses two columns for text with pictures scattered about. If I format the pictures to "Lock Anchor," and if I specify "Top and Bottom" for Text Wrapping, I don't have a problem with moving the pictures as I write or add text.

However, when I am adding text to a page that precedes a page that is all pictures, I find that the added text pushes the page of pictures onto the next page. The entire page of pictures is moved, not just the picture at the top of the page. I tried making the entire page a text box, and then inserting text boxes within that box to hold the pictures, but the same thing happened.

In a written document, one is always going back to an earlier section to revise text. If I could solve this part of the puzzle, I might have something!

Gordon Biggar