What is a text or graphic that displays behind text?

Learning Objectives

  • Change image layout options.

Notice that wherever the image is placed, the line spacing dramatically increases to fit the size of the picture. This is because images are treated as an inline text character. In other words, Word treats the image like it would treat any word or letter of text. You can change this by applying a text wrap. Text wrap causes all of the text to wrap around the image so that the image does not interfere with line spacing.

What is a text or graphic that displays behind text?

Text wrap

There are a couple of ways to get to the text wrap options and apply a text wrap.

Method 1: Quick Apply

Click the box to the right of the image with a rainbow-shaped icon.

What is a text or graphic that displays behind text?

Method 2: Format Tab

When you click on the image, the Format tab will appear in the ribbon. From the Format tab, you can choose Warp Text.

What is a text or graphic that displays behind text?

Method 3: Position

Go to Format>Position for options that not only apply text wrap but also position the image on the page.

What is a text or graphic that displays behind text?

What is a text or graphic that displays behind text?

Position in Top Center with Square Text Wrapping

Text Wrap Options

Regardless of which method you use, the text wrap options are the same. The text wrap you will probably use the most is the square text wrap, but there are other text wraps too.

  • Square—Text wraps around the image in a square shape
  • Tight/Through—Text wraps around image, regardless of what shape the image is. This text wrap works best with images that have no background.
  • Top and Bottom—Text stops when it hits the top of the image and continues at the bottom of the image; no text is to the left or right of the image
  • Behind text—Image is behind text. Text will cover image.
  • In front of text—Image is in front of text. Text behind the image is not visible.

What is a text or graphic that displays behind text?

Square text wrap

What is a text or graphic that displays behind text?

Tight text wrap

What is a text or graphic that displays behind text?

Top and bottom text wrap

What is a text or graphic that displays behind text?

Behind text

What is a text or graphic that displays behind text?

In front of text

After the text wrap is applied, you can click and drag the image to anywhere in the document, and the text will wrap around it accordingly.

Practice Question

What is used to indicate where text or graphics should be inserted?

Cursor/ Insertion Point: The cursor (also known as the insertion point) is a flashing vertical bar on the screen that indicates where entered text or objects will be placed in the document.

What is lightly shaded words or pictures that prints behind text called?

ribbon. Text or graphic that displays behind text. Watermark. A structural view of a document or presentation that can be collapsed or expanded as necessary. Outline.

Is a background color that appears behind text in a paragraph?

CH 2: Document Presentation: Editing and Formatting.

What would you use a template for?

A template is a document type that creates a copy of itself when you open it. For example, a business plan is a common document that is written in Word. Instead of creating the structure of the business plan from scratch, you can use a template with predefined page layout, fonts, margins, and styles.