Colonel: you're not the first to curse this MS office issue. The real answer is to use Wordperfect, but no one much does that these days unfortunately. I insert a LOT in images into office and just do a lot of adjusting when I'm done with all the text. It's a royal PITA for sure. Sometimes it's better to insert the image then size it down to 1 or 2" square, finish the text, then do your adjusting. That makes it a little simpler for me sometimes but it's still a lot of adjusting.