Microsoft Word Can't To Move Images With Pixels Accuracy?

[JamesHMorgan]

Microsoft Word can't to move images with pixels accuracy, in it documents?

When i try to move any pasted image in document, i very often i need to move images with pixels accuracy.

For example in attached file, you can see digits (it's text), and blue circles. For example i need to move circles so, that digits was at center of circles.

And when i try to move circle (image) for doing digits alignment at center, it don't move at pixels, but per one up move it skip 5-10 pixels, and i can't to install my images into document so, so it required

Please, help me to fix this problem. Or really Microsoft Word so stupid, that it can't do it?

I tried to search this setting at Microsoft Word, search at Internet, i have found no one page, where some one have this issue

 

[Lilliabeth]

Word is a word processing product (not an image editor) so it is primarily about points and twips.

Having said that, it would have been helpful to know what version of stupid Word you use.


--Lilliabeth

 

[Lilliabeth]

Depending on version, if using the arrow keys to nudge doesn't go one pixel, try holding down the Ctrl key and using arrow keys to nudge.

--Lilliabeth

 

[TonyJollans]

Sometimes I get cross when people - especially people asking for help - abuse software. Word is not stupid for not having facilities to perform functions outside its remit. Would you consider PhotoShop stupid for not having brilliant word processing capacity?

As Lilliabeth says, Word does not work in pixels, it works in absolute measurements. If you use the Format dialogue you should be able to absolutely position shapes relative to various anchors, using various units of measurement. Off the top of my head I'm not sure if a twip or half a twip is the smallest possible distinction.

A couple of words of advice/warning: sometimes Word does not make very small adjustments correctly and you need to make a large adjustment and then another large adjustment back to the small difference from the original position, and, secondly, remember that the pixel-based screen resolution is not the same as the dpi resolution used by printers and work at a magnification that has a reasonable chance of reproducing your small adjustments when rounded to pixels.

Enjoy,
Tony

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[macropod]

Hi James,

In Word, the mouse can move shapes by very fine increments (0.05pt). That's equivalent to 1 pixel at 1440dpi. To get this in Word 97-2003:
. go to Tools|Options|General and set the 'measurement units' to 'points'.
. make sure the Drawing toolbar is visible, the click on Draw|Grid and set the horizontal and vertical grid sizes to 0.05pt
You can then change your measurement units back to whatever you normally work with.

Cheers

[MS MVP - Word]

 

[JamesHMorgan]

Thank you for your smart messages
Lilliabeth, i used your advice: to press CTRL, when i used to movie images by using arrow keys - it working! Images moves by pixels.

I apologise to Microsoft corporation for damaging her reputation.

 

[JamesHMorgan]

*used to move images


I think that Microsoft Word must have this function, because it in his competence to build right formating and sorting images of page

 

[JamesHMorgan]

Can i edit my messages on this forum?

 

[macropod]

Hi James,

Can i edit my messages on this forum?

No, but you can red-flag one so the Admins can delete it - if they agree with your reason for red-flagging it.

I don't think your intemperance is doing you any favours.



[MS MVP - Word]

 

[strongm]

It may be worth pointing out that the nudge distance of 1 pixel is 1 screen pixel. So the actual distance nudged relative to the document actually depends on your zoom level.

 

[lionelhill]

... and snap-to-grid, used with care, and with the correct grid-size, is a handy tool.

 

[JamesHMorgan]

okay, thank you

 

[fumei]

Also rememeber that your pixel-level accuracy may be thrown out of the water if the document is viewed (or printed) by someone else with a different printer driver.

A Word document is not a PDF.

I would like to re-iterate Tony's comment. Word is a word-processor. It is not a layout application.

If you need a layout application, then use a layout application.

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Gerry
My paintings and sculpture

 

[JamesHMorgan]

what means layout application?

 

[strongm]

Pagemaker, InDesign, Quark Express for starters.

CorelDraw might also be a possibility (as would Illustrator if we are talking about a single page layout)

 

[fumei]

Good response strongm.

Yup. If it is a single page, CorelDraw can work very well. For example, if I am asked to produce a three-fold front/back (but single sheet) brochure, I use Draw. Not Word, even though you can do a brochure in Word. Yes...you can, but if it has many graphic elements, then using an application that is designed is handle graphic elements is better. Word is a word-processor, and a darn good one. I wish it would stay just a word-processor. Trying to use it for layout, for HTML (...shudder....) is frustrating and often mediocre at best.

As for a full-bodied layout application - that is, an application that is designed to "lay out" elements precisely on a page - I have an old fondness for Quark. However, PageMaker or InDesign are very good.

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Gerry
My paintings and sculpture

 

[JamesHMorgan]

for HTML my favourite editor is Notepad =)
Corel Draw for brochure making? Good idea, but i not able to use Corel Draw, because it seems to be hard =) But Microsoft Word most habitually. Corel Draw + Microsoft Word + other big application, which sizes no less than 500-1000mb. I prefer to use simple text document, HTML. I hate big software, but at now i don't have alternative, because at first - Microsft Word, Adobe Acrobat is defacto of document creating and want you or not, if your friend will send you *.doc you must open it with that software, which support it.

 

[JamesHMorgan]

i used to use word for images purpose, because i need to create DOC and then convert it to PDF. It was necessary for executing work of costumer, he wish PDF and now i have done *.doc and converted it to PDF. I hope he is happy =)

 

[fumei]

Unless you have a real reason to do otherwise, if you are doing straight, compliant HTML, then Notepad (or EditPad, or any other plain text editor - I really like EditPad.) is all you actually need.

For sure, if your placement is where you want it in your Word document, then if it is going to someone else, PDF it. Unless of course they need to edit it.....

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Gerry
My paintings and sculpture

 

[strongm]

>I wish it would stay just a word-processor

Oh, I know exactly how you feel ...