The Microsoft Office for Mac team shows you just how to make text wrap around pictures in this how-to video. They will look and fit better, and your words can be friends now with your added images. WonderHowTo Microsoft Office. Insert and format a text box in Microsoft Word for Mac.
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- You can make your text wrap around non-square images using a variety of techniques. You can use an alpha-channeled semi-transparent image, use an image with a solid-color background, or set the wrapping of the image manually using a custom shape.
- Word 2007's new text wrapping feature lets you wrap a paragraph around the text in a text box, not just around the boundaries. For example, say you've created the text box shown in Figure A.Figure A.
PowerPoint presentation software doesn't include the same advanced text wrapping feature as other programs in the Microsoft Office suite, but you can achieve a similar effect by using a workaround solution to wrap text around a graphic on a PowerPoint slide. Use the program's Text Box tool to wrap text around a square graphic, or use the Send to Back feature to wrap text around a graphic with an irregular shape. Because these are both workaround solutions, you may need to experiment with the text to achieve a satisfactory result.
Wrap Text Around a Square Graphic in PowerPoint
Step 1
Open your presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint.
Step 2
Scroll to the slide that contains the picture or clip art graphic around which you want to wrap text. Alternatively, insert a new graphic object in the usual way with the program's Insert tool.
Step 3
Click to highlight and select the graphic. Drag it to your preferred position on the slide. You can now create a series of text boxes above, below and on one or both sides of the graphic to create the text wrap effect.
Step 4
Click the 'Insert' tab on the program's menu ribbon. Select 'Text Box' in the Text group. Click and drag to create the first text box.
Step 5
Click to select and highlight the text box. Drag the handles on each side of the box to extend the box to your preferred width and height. Type or paste text to fill the box.
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Step 6
Create additonal text boxes on either side of the graphic and below the object and fill them with text in the same way. Modify the width and height of the boxes so the text fits correctly.
Step 7
Repeat this procedure until you have created enough text boxes around the graphic object to achieve the desired text wrap effect.
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Wrap Text Around an Irregular Graphic in PowerPoint
Step 1
Right-click the graphic object on the PowerPoint slide, point to 'Send to Back' and then click 'Send to Back.'
Step 3
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Click the first line of text where it meets the left edge of the graphic object.
Step 4
Press the 'Tab' or 'Spacebar' key on your computer keyboard to nudge the text past the right edge of the graphic.
Step 5
Repeat this procedure for each line of text to apply the text wrap effect. You may need to experiment until you've achieved an acceptable appearance.
Tip
- When wrapping text around a square graphic, you can use the program's ruler and gridlines tool to lay out the slide accurately. To do this, click the 'View' tab on the menu ribbon and select the 'Ruler' and 'Gridlines' check boxes in the Show/Hide group. PowerPoint will display a grid and ruler on the slide, helping you to line up the graphic and text box objects correctly.
- Use the Snap Objects to Grid feature to fix the text boxes and graphic in place on the slide. To do this, right-click an empty area of the slide, select 'Grid and Gridlines' and then select the 'Snap Objects to Grid' check box in the Snap To group.
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