Word2013 new features make typesetting and layout easier

When we tried to move images or graphs in Word documents, we often encountered all sorts of inexplicable position deviation problems, which were maddening, and in the new Word2013, the user complained a lot about the problem, which provided some convenient picture control and operation. Let's have a look at it in detail.

The Layout Options button makes it easy for users to quickly select and change the layout of a picture while editing a document.

Real-time layout makes it easy for users to see the new layout effect of the document in real time when they move, resize or rotate the picture.

Alignment guides help users more visually view the alignment of important areas when adjusting graphics and text.

Layout Options button

When we click on any image, video, shape, chart, SmartArt graphic, or text box in the Word2013 document, this "Layout options" button appears in the upper-right corner of the object, and clicking this button allows you to quickly select a different text wrapping option from the Pull menu.

In previous versions of Word, the default option for inserting text wrapping in an image was "in lines with text." Inline images are treated as text characters, which means that their position is limited to lines of text on the page. If you want to put the picture on the page more interesting places such as the upper right corner or want to make the graphics and text mix to look more complete, the prediction effect is less intuitive.

Word uses a variety of ways to provide the ability to wrap objects around text in different versions. In the new Word2013, with the Layout Options button and menu, it's easier for users to find these options and quickly switch between them-simply click the Layout Options button and choose the options you want from the menu.

Word2013 Add Layout option button Computer tutorial

To modify and set the default wrapping style is also very simple, just right-click the "Layout options" style, choose "Set as Default" can be. The next time we insert an object such as a picture, chart, or SmartArt graphic, Word2013 uses the default wrapping option that was set last.

Word2013 Add Layout option button set default options

Once we switch "line of text" to the text wrapping (with text wrapping) category in the Layout Options menu, two changes are found:

1, the document will appear "anchor" icon

2. The "Move with text" and "fixed position" option at the bottom of the Layout Options menu (moves with text vs. "Fix position on page") becomes available.

Bottom option not available

The bottom option is available

Visible anchor

There is a "float" in one of the graphics and text mixed rows. As mentioned earlier, an inline image is like a large, visible font character. However, floating images can be appended to the text as hidden characters, and this hidden character is what we call an "anchor". You need to go to the Advanced Options dialog box in Word to turn on the anchor display in previous versions of Word. This option is turned on by default in the new Word2013 for more obvious use.

Knowing the location of the anchor on the page can help users better control object behavior when editing files. The most important rule to remember is that the image and its anchor must be on the same page. This explains why sometimes when you add or delete text in a document, the image jumps to a different page suddenly. Just because the anchor is moved to a different page, the image follows this rule and adjusts the position accordingly.

WORD2013 's "anchor"

Moving with text and fixed position options (move with text vs. "Fix position on page")

Floating text wrapping styles can control and affect how images and text are displayed in a document-whether the text can wrap around the sides, or just the top and bottom of the picture, or the image above or below the text. But there's another piece of the puzzle that controls the behavior of the image: How does it change when we add and delete text images from the document? Sometimes we want to keep the relative position of the picture and the text, and in this case, select the Move with text option. If you want the picture position to always be fixed somewhere on the page, such as in the upper-right corner of the page or in the center of the edge, you need to select the Fix Position on page option.

Whichever option you choose, remember that the image and anchor will always remain on the same page, so if you move the text that contains the anchor to the other page, the image will move along.

Live layout

There is no doubt that my favorite feature in the new Word2013 is the real-time layout. Previously, when we moved a floating image in a Word document, we could see only a translucent picture shadow in the text.

When we drag the picture and release the mouse, the rest of the document changes to a different location--which is likely to result in unexpected permutations, and then we need to spend a lot of time trying to put the image in the right place.

The old version of Word does not support live layout

In the new Word2013, when we drag a floating image, we can see the real-time changes in the layout of the document, so that you can quickly and efficiently complete the image location of the precise adjustment. Real-time layout changes can also be seen when we resize, rotate, and adjust the rows of the table as we embed and float the images.

WORD2013 supports live layout

Snap to Guides

With real-time layouts, floating images can be placed almost anywhere on the page, but there are very few times when you might want to place objects in a particular area, such as the edge of the page, the alignment page to the edge of the page, or the paragraph alignment of the text, and so on. In addition to using the real-time layout, you can also use Word2013 's added handy calibration guide to help ensure that the adjustment is more accurate, which is the alignment guide.

When we place the image on the page in a basic alignment with the other elements, a green alignment guide appears. As shown below, we can see that the image is aligned with the top and left sides of the first paragraph.

Word2013 Alignment Guides

If you want to know if the image is aligned with which object on the page, just hold the image for a moment, and the alignment guides will appear (no guides appear if you don't align the objects).