Hi James - thanks so much for your input. Guess I hadn't seen the command you have just spoken about in Word - for if attempting to insert 4 images on same page - it was a pain to say the least. I will give it a try - in the meantime, I will also give an attempt to the other programs mentioned by other members. Thanks Barbara --- James Schenken <jds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Barbara: > > Word is quite easy to use in the insertion of images > within the text. > What you may be missing is the Format/Picture > command which has > controls for the placement of the image any where on > the page. > > One of the easily overlooked parameters is the on > that allows > specifying the positioning in terms of the page or > in terms of the > margins. If you specify margin relative values, the > Word will not > violate the margins that apply to either the > document ( if that is > the way you have them declared ) or the individual > page ( if you have > overridden the document values for a particular page > ). > > Once the image is placed on the page and positioned > correctly with > respect to the margins, another problems can occur > if the image is > too large for the remaining space. > Word then allows for the sizing of the image from > the whole page view > by clicking on the image until the frame lines > appear, then place the > cursor on the offending corner and drag that corner > towards the > opposite corner and Word will resize the image on > the page while > retaining the correct proportions. > > If you need more explanations, contact me off-list > and we'll work out > some examples. > > Cheers, > James > > PS I've got both InDesign and PageMaker and I seldom > have need of > either for lack of formatting capability within > Word. > > At 12:17 PM 9/27/2007 -0700, you wrote: > >Dear Group: the margin requirements of my > manuscript > >are very specialized and am having difficulty in > >inserting images on pages to meet these margin > >requirements. So far, I have been using Word, but > it > >is very tricky with placing several images on one > page > >in Word. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. > >Thanks > >Barbara > >P.S. text will not necessarily be appearing on same > >page as images. > > > > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ > >Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet > in your pocket: > >mail, news, photos & more. > >http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC > > James Schenken > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Catch up on fall's hot new shows on Yahoo! TV. Watch previews, get listings, and more! http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/3658
