For someone maybe a trivial thing, but I cannot figure out how to anchor text or an object on the page that is under the cursor. I.e. I have a piece of text that I still need to have in the same place (something like a footer but not on every page) so it doesn't move down when writing over. See attached sshot. When I choose to wrap the text anyway, before, after, the same is done when writing at the top. If it's in a Word manual, I don't know how to find it. "Wrapping the text" does not solve it somehow.
thanks for any advice.


Peter.

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Use a text box or frame. Anchor that text box to the first paragraph on the page and position it using the dialog box to be at a certain distance from the bottom of the page. Set it to have text wrap around it.

So long as you do not move your first paragraph to a different page, it will stay where you want.

Frames and Textboxes in Microsoft Word

Once you have a textbox inserted, use the Wrap Text option on the contexual ribbon tab.

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That gets you the Layout options dialog.

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The dialog box shown above gives the result show below with a text box. Note, you can turn off the border on the textbox. Note the anchor shown for the first paragraph. That is where Word thinks your text box is.

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thx a lot Charles,
it works same way for 2010 Word too.
Nice advice ;-)
regards
Peter

You are welcome, Peter.
Works that way in Word 2000, too; you just have to get to the dialog a different way.