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Microsoft 365 Word For Professionals For Dummies, 2nd Edition
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Microsoft 365 Word For Professionals For Dummies, 2nd Edition

by Dan Gookin
May 2025
Beginner
416 pages
9h 28m
English
For Dummies
Content preview from Microsoft 365 Word For Professionals For Dummies, 2nd Edition

Chapter 5

Text and Graphics Layout

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Exploring graphical options

Bullet Understanding graphics on a page

Bullet Changing the layout

Bullet Controlling text flow

Bullet Positioning graphics

Bullet Setting an object away from text

Bullet Lining up objects

Let boring people use only words in their documents. To improve upon a dreary, text-filled manuscript, Word lets you toss graphics into the mix. It features the capability to insert pictures, shapes, and other items smack dab onto the digital page. These graphical goobers can help illustrate a point or just make the result look extra fancy.

Mixing text and graphics is fun, but it presents a curious problem: How do text and graphics mix on a page? The solution is something called layout. This topic is something you should know about to best present that graphical ...

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ISBN: 9781394323869