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Laying out text around an image
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Ordinarily, you can lay out only a single line of text beside an image. However, you can change this setting and lay out several lines of text beside an image to make it into a natural layout. Then you should probably increase the spacing of the image to improve its appearance.

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Typing text beside an image

When you type text beside an image, you see that only a single line of text is laid out beside the image. The other lines are below the image.

Entered text beside an image



Flowing text around an image

To flow text to the left or right of an image:

  1. Click the target image using the right mouse button, and select Attributes from the pop-up menu to display the Attribute dialog box.

  2. Select the Left or Right check box next to Text, and click the OK button.

    Check Left

    If you selected the Left check box, text flows on the right side of the image.

    Left alignment display

    If you selected the Right check box, text flows on the left side of the image.

    Right alignment display

  3. To end text flow in the middle of the text, press and hold the Ctrl key and press the Enter key at the point where you want to end the flow.

  4. If you selected the Left check box, select Move Vertically Down to a Clear Left Margin on the Line Break dialog box. If you selected the Right check box, select Move Vertically Down to a Clear Right Margin.

    Line Break dialog box

  5. Press the OK button. The text flow ends at the point you specified.

    End text flow

Tip Tip You can also flow text between two images. In this case, to end text flow in the middle of the text, select Move Vertically Down Until Both Margins Are Clear on the Line Break dialog box.



Increasing space around an image

Adding the suitable space around the image gives it a neat appearance.

  1. Click the target image using the right mouse button and select Attributes from the pop-up menu to display the Attribute dialog box.

  2. Type the number of pixels in the fields beside Horizontal and Vertical of Spacing. (Horizontal means to the left and right of an image and vertical means to the top and bottom of an image). The larger the numerical value, the greater the spacing.

  3. Click the OK button to increase the space around the image.

    Spacing