Wrap text around picture in Word
Open Word document and choose the Format tab. Under its Menu, you can find ‘Wrap Text’ button, which further expands to a menu of alternative options offering text wrap choices. Here, you can specify how the picture should interact with the adjacent text.
In Line with Text – Under this option, text does not wrap around picture but is a part of the paragraph.Square – Here, text invariably wrap around the picture’s outer frame.Tight – If the picture added is a clip art that has a colourless background, the text readily wraps around the edges of the image.Behind Text – the text of the document appear as an overlay on top of the picture.In Front of Text – The image appears above text.Top and Bottom – The image is interspersed between the text. The text may occupy space above or below the text.
Next, you have to position the image. The options available under this heading helps position a picture in a fixed place relative to the page and automatically wraps text around it. To do so, click a picture to select it. Then, click the ‘Picture Tools Format’ tab, and in the Arrange group, click Position. However, if you are using the latest version of Microsoft 365, you can find the same option as Picture Format. Simply select the position and wrapping style you’d like to use.
Next, select the desired layout for the image. In the above step, under ‘Arrange’ menu, select ‘More Layout’ options.
Then, from the layout box on the Text Wrapping tab, choose the wrapping style you’d like to use. If you do not see your text wrapped around your image, it indicates that the image is too big in size. The possible solution you could give a try – resize the picture so that it is of appropriate size to be wrapped around text. You can do this by clicking the picture and then adjusting the size by dragging the lower right corner towards the top left.
How do I wrap text around multiple images in Word?
To wrap text around images in Word, you need to use the FORMAT section. It appears after you insert the image and click on it. Here you can find an option called Wrap Text. Once you click on it, you need to select an option based on how you want to wrap the text.
Why can I not wrap text around a picture in Word?
To wrap texts around image, you need to have an image and text separately. If you insert the text in image form, you cannot wrap it around the image. Although image and text must be in different layers in order to be wrapped. Also, check out how to use Word picture editing tools to edit images.
