How to Anchor an Image in Word

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This wikiHow teaches you how to anchor an image to a specific position in a Microsoft Word document.

1. Click on File and then Options.
2. Choose Display and check the Object anchors box.
3. Insert the image into your Word doc.
4. Right-click on the image and select Size and position.
5. Set the absolute position for your image and click OK.

• Another way to open the document is to open Word (in the Windows menu on a PC or the Applications folder on a Mac), click File, click Open, then double-click the file.

• Click the File menu.
• Click Options.
• Click Display.
• Check the box next to “Object anchors.”
• Click OK.

• Click Picture on the Insert tab, then select the image.
• Drag an image to the document.
• Copy an image from somewhere else on your computer, then press Ctrl + V (Windows) or ⌘ Cmd + V (macOS) to paste.

• If you don’t have a right mouse button, hold down Ctrl as you click with the left button.

• Horizontal: Select a distance from the first drop-down, and then select a relative page element. For example, to anchor the image 1” to the right of a column, select 1” and Column from the menus.
• Vertical: This is the same principal, but defines how far below a page element the image will be anchored. For example, to anchor an image 1” beneath the paragraph where it’s anchored, select 1" from the first drop-down, and Paragraph from the second. [1] X Research source

Select a wrapping option. You can wrap text around an anchored image with every option except "In line with text.” Choose any option other than that.

Click OK . You should now see an anchor icon above the image’s top-left corner, meaning the image is now anchored to its position.

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