Article ID: 193109
Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q193109
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 (for example,
the Tahoma 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. Since 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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