You've always been able to insert pictures with or without frames and without using Photoshop.
I'm sure they are - and have been for years. I'm not sure what you think MS should do about it though, as there's really no way any application could know what the user intends to happen to content positioned after the point where an edit is made. If you want to be sure the layout of particular portions of the document don't change, you can always insert page breaks and/or Section breaks before them.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

Sir Macropod - Super Moderator:

I always appreciate follow-ups. Forums such as these, particularly going back to the earlier ones of years past, got me through the headaches of Windows 95, 98 et al.

It was Suzanne Barnhill (Word MVP) who suggested to me years ago (i.e., on the old Word forum) to use frames once I had inserted pictures. I was writing a book at the time on the overhaul of Model "A" Ford carburetors (late night reading only...), and was having a problem with the positioning of photos. I no longer recall the specifics of her suggestion, as it pertained to why frames, or why not.

My complaint with the jumping of images is a personal one, I suppose. My mindset says that once I place an image on the page, it should remain as postioned until I change it, resize it, or reposition it. Unless I want the image to be moved along with a specific paragraph, I'd like to have it remain in place.

When I am using only a single image on a page, I can live with the bumping, despite the inconvenience. It's when I have placed multiple images on a page that the frustration sets in. Where no text is being used in these instances, I will try your suggestion of using page breaks.

My thanks again for the time taken to respond.

Gordon
Houston, Texas