Anchor Text Not Visible Microsoft Word Mac

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Microsoft Word has long been the default champion of the document editing world, that is until Google Docs came along. But Google too looked at Word for inspiration when it was trying to come up with an interface. One issue that users have faced continuously with Word is the inability to move around, and adjust, images and place them correctly in Word.

Word often gets far less credit than it deserves. While Microsoft has not made it easy to place and move images inside Word, it does offer ways to do so. The only trouble is finding the correct tools for the job. These options are not so obvious and can be hard to see if you don’t know where to look.

That is where we come in. I will show you how you can place images in Word without having to curse Microsoft while pulling your hair out or biting your nails off!

Word for Office 365 Word for Office 365 for Mac Word 2019 Word 2019 for Mac Word 2016 Word 2013 Word 2010 Word 2007 Word 2016 for Mac More. Less If your document is in Print Layout view and the top and bottom margins appear to be cut off, the option for hiding margins has been switched on. When you start Microsoft Word for Mac, the vertical and horizontal scroll bars are not displayed on the screen. This behavior can occur if the Horizontal scroll bar and Vertical scroll bar check boxes under Preferences are not selected. This behavior can also occur if your Word preferences or the Normal template is corrupted. 2020-4-1  In Word, if you anchor an object to a margin, the object stays in the same relative position. Nonanchored objects and text flow around the object. This anchoring capability is a basis of publishing programs, so it’s natural to use it in Word’s Publishing Layout and Print Layout views. Follow these steps to anchor an object in Word.

Let’s begin.

1. Set It Right

  • Nov 23, 2018 The Word comes with anchor points that by default are not visible. To make anchor points visible, open Word and click on File button. Then click on Options at the bottom of the screen in the sidebar.
  • Nov 10, 2012 In Word, an anchor symbol in the left margin shows where a floating object (picture, text box, table) is attached to the text. If you really want to remove the anchor, you do it by selecting the object and deleting it from the document. If you just don't want to see the anchor symbol (but you do want to keep the object), click File Options Display and uncheck the box for 'object anchors'.

Before you begin adding images, you will have to configure Word to play nice with pictures. There are two settings to make it easier for you to add images that don’t act and look like text because it's not. Ideally, you should be able to drag it to wherever you want inside Word.

The Word comes with anchor points that by default are not visible. To make anchor points visible, open Word and click on File button. Then click on Options at the bottom of the screen in the sidebar.

Under Display, you will see Object anchors option that should be toggled on. You will now see the anchor symbol whenever you insert an image.

One more thing you need to do is change how Word places the image after adding it. Inside Word Options above, there is another tab called Advanced. Under Cut, copy, and paste, you will find Insert pictures as an option. Change it to Square.

Don’t forget to click OK every time you change a setting. That will tell Word to stop treating pictures as text but instead as images.

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2. Add Them Correctly

Let’s begin with adding an image now. You can either drag and drop the image directly from your hard drive or use the Insert function. To do the later, click on Insert and select Pictures to launch a pop-up.

Navigate to the folder where you have saved the photo and double-click on it to add it to Word.

Word will treat the image as an object now instead of text, and you will see how the text flows around the picture now.

Here is how Word would have handled the image if you had not made the changes above.

You can now drag and move the image wherever you want in Word, and the text will adjust and wrap itself around it. You will also notice an anchor symbol appear on the left. This anchor symbol marks the location (paragraph to be more precise) associating to the image. This is more of a visual cue for beginners and is removable by changing the settings in Step 1.

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3. Format It Right

More often than not, when you insert an image, it ends up appearing somewhere else. You will notice that dragging images around Word document is a lot easier now, but it is still not perfect. This is where the Layout options come into the picture.

Just click once on the image you want to format to reveal resize and movable buttons around the image. Under the Layout tab, you will find the Position option. Click on it to find More Layout Options at the bottom.

The difference here is that you can be more precise about the layout and positioning of the image rather than selecting from a bunch of presets.

There are three tabs. The first one is Position where the image is set to the Absolute position to the right of Column horizontally, and below the paragraph vertically.

By default, Word documents are preset to be one column, but the above idea and the settings will work with two or more column layout too.

The second tab is Text Wrapping which you can use to place the image behind the text or front, and determine whether the text is wrapped from on sides or only left/right.

The last tab, Size, will let you resize the image so you can fit it in areas that can be otherwise difficult to manipulate. While you can also use the resize and angle handles we saw above, this tab will let lock aspect ratio and keep it relative to the original picture size.

At this point, I would suggest you play around with all the different Layout options to understand better how they work. While the resize and angle option that appears upon selecting the image can also be used, Layout formatting options will let you be more precise with your input values.

Words Matter

Word is a pretty document editor, and though it is not the best word processor in the world, it still gets the job done. It also comes pre-installed with all Windows machines. Learning to work with it will go a long way in helping you get things done.

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Symptoms

When you start Microsoft Word for Mac, the vertical and horizontal scroll bars are not displayed on the screen.

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Cause

This behavior can occur if the Horizontal scroll bar and Vertical scroll bar check boxes under Preferences are not selected. This behavior can also occur if your Word preferences or the Normal template is corrupted.

Note

In full-screen mode, there are no horizontal or vertical scroll bars. Press ESC on your keyboard to exit full-screen mode.

Resolution

To resolve this issue, make sure that the scroll bars in both Word and the Apple iOS System Preferences are both on. To do this, follow these steps:

Step 1: Adjust the preferences

  1. Select the Apple menu.
  2. Select System Preferences.
  3. Select General.
  4. Set the 'Show scroll bars' option to Always.

Step 2: Adjust the Word preferences

  1. Start Word.
  2. On the Word menu, select Preferences.
  3. Open View.
  4. Select the Horizontal scroll bar and the Vertical scroll bar check boxes in the 'Show Window Elements' section.
  5. Close the View dialog bo.

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Restore the preferences and Normal template to the default settings

If the issue still occurs, try to restore the preferences and Normal template to the default settings. To do this, follow these steps:

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  1. Quit all applications.

  2. On the Go menu, select Home.

  3. Open Library.

    Note

    The Library folder is hidden in MAC OS X Lion. To display this folder, hold down the OPTION key while you select the Go menu.

  4. Open the Preferences folder.

  5. Microsoft office for mac free download full version 2017. Look for a file that is named com.microsoft.Word.plist.

  6. If you locate the file, move it to the desktop. If you cannot locate the file, the application is using the default preferences.

  7. If you locate the file and move it to the desktop, start Word, and then check whether the problem still occurs. If the problem still occurs, quit Word, and restore the file to its original location. Then, go to the next step. If the problem is resolved, you can move the com.microsoft.Word.plist file to the trash.

  8. Quit all Microsoft Office for Mac applications.

  9. On the Go menu, select Home.

  10. Open Library.

    Note

    The Library folder is hidden in MAC OS X Lion. To display this folder, hold down the OPTION key while you select the Go menu.

  11. Open the Preferences folder.

  12. Open the Microsoft folder.

  13. Locate the file that is named com.microsoft.Word.prefs.plist.

  14. Move the file to the desktop.

  15. Start Word, and then check whether the problem still occurs. If the problem still occurs, quit Word, and then restore the file to its original location. Then, go to the next step. If the problem is resolved, you can move the com.microsoft.Word.prefs.plist file to the trash.

  16. On the Go menu, select Home.

  17. Open Library.

    Note

    The Library folder is hidden in MAC OS X Lion. To display this folder, hold down the OPTION key while you select the Go menu.

  18. Open the Application Support folder.

  19. Open the Microsoft folder.

  20. Open the Office folder.

  21. Open the User Templates folder.

  22. Locate the file that is named Normal, and move the file to the desktop.

  23. Start Word, and then check whether the problem still occurs. If the problem is resolved, you can move the Normal file to the trash.