Article ID: 193108
Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q193108
SYMPTOMS
When your document contains text that should wrap around a drawing object,
text box, or "Float over text" object, the text does not wrap around the
object. Instead, the text splits from the top to the bottom of the object.
CAUSE
This problem occurs when both of the following conditions are true:
- The drawing object, text box, or "Float over text" object is formatted
with either Square, Tight, or Through wrapping style.
-and-
- The text that should wrap around the drawing object, text box, or "Float
over text" object has been formatted with a symbol font.
This functionality is by design of the wrapping style you selected. Symbol
fonts (such as Symbol or Wingdings) do not contain a normal space character
that Word uses; instead, they contain a different space character, which is
a high-value Unicode character. Because the wrapping style (Square, Tight,
or Through) needs a normal Word space for wrapping to occur and none
are contained in the symbol font, Word cannot wrap the text around the
object.
WORKAROUND
Format the text that should wrap around the drawing object, text box, or
"Float over text" object with a non-symbol font (for example, Times New
Roman).
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