I am mac-user, and have tried Apple's substitute for Word - Pages. There is not much good to say about Pages compared to Word for business use, but one thing I miss very much in MS Word:
In Pages, you can fill a cell with an image, as background fill. Now I am struggling to make an image to fit the width of a cell in MS Word, but it just isn't happening.



Any idea of how to get the same width of an image and a cell, and maybe even link them together, so they stay together?

Currently using MS Word 2011 for mac.

Thanks,
Elisabeth

Hi Elisabeth,

The main things that are liable to make an image smaller than the cell it occupies are:
• cell margins; and
• the before/after formatting of the paragraph style they're in.

The menu/ribbon paths in what follows applies to PCs, so the location of items on Mac Word may differ -
For the cell margins, position the cursor in the table then go to TableTools|Layout|Properties > Table > Options and set the margins to 0. If you want to do this for just some cells, use TableTools|Layout|Properties > Cell > Options and set the cell's margins to 0.

For the before/after formatting, use Home|Paragraph > Indents & Spacing and set the before & after values to 0. It might also be an idea to ensure the Left & Right indents are set to 0 while you're there.

To ensure any inserted picture stays with the cell (and automatically re-sizes to fit the available space), insert it as in-line. You can make this the default via File|Options > Advanced > Cut,copy & paste > Insert Picure As > Inline with text. Do note that, if a picture's aspect ratio isn't the same as the cell's, you may still end up with some white space.

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Cheers,
Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]