Word '03 - Strange BMP behavior?

[Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca>]

Chris Morton wondered: <<Word 2003: I have a scaled BMP image that's  
been cropped from the right. It displays a small white anchor when  
the graphic is selected. It's formatted with a "square" text wrap  
style. The problem is, the graphic insists on aligning itself to the  
very top edge of the page; it won't let me drag it into the desired  
position. I have a feeling it has to do with the anchor, but Word's  
online Help is of no use in educating me. What's going on?>>

Doesn't sound familiar, but those times I've found Word refusing to  
do what its graphics settings clearly say it should be doing for a  
graphic, there's a simple solution: drag and drop (or cut and paste)  
the graphic into a newly inserted 1-cell table. The alignment then  
becomes with respect to the table cell instead of the page, and this  
overrules whatever glitch Word is using to disobey our formatting  
instructions.

If you have access to the original, consider deleting the graphic and  
reimporting it. This lets you start with a fresh slate, and can also  
solve a world of problems.

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