Tips for Adjusting Inserted Objects and Fixing Broken Links

When you insert an object, you can change how it is displayed and affects the flow of the document. For example, you can change its size and position, determine how text wraps around it or how much space there is between the object and the body text, anchor it to a paragraph or in the middle of a sentence as a character, set hyperlink properties, and apply borders and backgrounds.

You can access these controls by selecting and right-clicking an object to see menu options, or by double-clicking it to change settings in a window. These tips don't apply to tables.

The following are some of the more useful tips for adjusting inserted objects.

Anchoring an Object

Objects are anchored to keep them at an exact point in a document. As the document changes, the object moves or remains in place as the document changes, depending on the anchoring options you set. When you select an object, an anchor icon is displayed, showing you where the object is anchored.

You can move this anchor by dragging it to a different place in the document, which also moves the object.

In the toolbar, click the Nonprinting Characters tool to show paragraph symbols and help you more accurately anchor an object.

Moving Objects

You can move objects in a document just by clicking and dragging them.

Creating Space Around Objects

Here's how to increase or decrease the space between an object and the body text:

Click the object. For some objects, like floating frames , you may need to position the cursor over the object until the cursor changes to cross hairs with arrows before you click.
Choose Format > Object. (If the object is a graphic, choose Format > Graphics.) You can also double-click the object.
In the window that is displayed, select the Wrap tab.
In the Spacing area of the window, adjust the top, bottom, left, and right spacing as desired.
Click OK.

Manually Resizing Objects

If you want to manually resize an object by clicking it and dragging its resize handles, you can maintain their exact proportions as you resize by holding down the Shift key while you drag from a corner resize handle.

Fixing Broken Links

See Absolute and Relative Paths, and Fixing Broken Links on page 138.