Office X for Macintosh: The Missing Manual

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When you drag a grouped text box, they all move together. When you drag the siz-

ing handles, they all grow or shrink by the same amount. Likewise, when you use the

color and fill commands, they act upon all boxes in the group.

Text Wrapping and Layering

Whether you’re creating a Web site or printed document, one of the most enjoyable

parts is putting in a few images—photos, clip art, or drawings. But too often, the

text and graphics don’t share the space as harmoniously as they should. Many people

find topics like text wrapping too intimidating to bother learning.

Don’t be one of them. Word’s layout features are more intuitive than ever, especially

for you, the wise and discriminating Mac user.

Wrapping text around things

The “things” around which you can wrap text can be clip art from Word’s own col-

lection (see “Adding Insertions” in the next section); drawings you’ve done in pro-

grams like Word, AppleWorks, or Illustrator; AutoShapes from the Drawing toolbar;

or text boxes. (See Chapter 18 for a review of the various graphic objects you can

place into a Word document.)

To get started, select the graphic or text box you want to wrap your text around.

Ignore the text for now. Just worry about getting the picture where you want it on

the page. Then consult the Wrapping section of the Formatting Palette (Figure 4-

12), as it offers a pair of pop-up buttons ...