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Q196556: WD97: Text Won’t Wrap Around Frame or Text Box in Header/Footer

Article: Q196556
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): word97 kbframe
Last Modified: 14-NOV-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
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SYMPTOMS
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In Microsoft Word, when you insert a frame or text box into a header or footer,
you cannot wrap the header and footer text around that object. Also, the frame
or text box may obscure or overwrite the header and footer text.

For example, this behavior occurs when you align the text on the left, insert an
object before the text, and then apply a frame to the object.

CAUSE
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This behavior is by design, because if text could wrap in the header or footer
of a Word document, text in the main document would have to move out of the
way.


WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, use any of the following methods:

- Format the paragraph with an indent to offset the text to the left or right
  of the framed object.

  -or-

- Insert a table into the header, and then place the graphic in one cell and
  the text in the other cell.

  -or-

- Move the framed object to another location, away from the text.

MORE INFORMATION
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If you set the Wrapping Style of a text box in the header or footer to Tight (on
the Wrapping tab of the Format Text Box dialog box), the text box behaves as if
you set the Wrapping Style to Through. After style is set, you cannot change
this behavior.

For additional information about objects in headers and footers, please see the
following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q106518 Header or Footer Text Overlaps Page Number

  Q41750 Headers and Footers Do Not Wrap Around APOs in WinWord

Additional query words: frame text header graphic covering obscuring

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Keywords          : word97 kbframe 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Issue type        : kbprb

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