{"id":1983,"date":"2011-05-26T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vm-officeblogs.cloudapp.net\/2011\/05\/26\/understanding-images-part-2-wrapping-styles\/"},"modified":"2022-07-25T07:48:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T14:48:17","slug":"understanding-images-part-2-wrapping-styles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2011\/05\/26\/understanding-images-part-2-wrapping-styles\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding images: Part 2 – Wrapping styles"},"content":{"rendered":"
Wrapping text around figures, also called graphic objects or images, can give your documents a more polished look and help focus attention on the most important content.\u00a0 Last week, I wrote about the basics of inline vs. floating figures. One of the big differences between these types of images is that floating images are positioned separately from the text, allowing text to wrap around, over, and behind the image. <\/span><\/p>\n Word has\u00a0several wrapping styles that give you control over how the image integrates with the document. Today, I\u2019ll explain the options and share my thoughts on when to use each one. The most common wrapping style is Square<\/strong>, which means the text\u00a0wraps around a rectangular box (called a \u201cbounding box\u201d) that encloses the image. You can see the bounding box when the image is selected. I like to use this option when I want the image\u00a0very close to the text that\u00a0describes it.<\/p>\n For example, in my holiday newsletter last year, I had a paragraph about each of my children, with a small picture included similar to\u00a0this:<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Tight<\/strong> wrapping is similar to square wrapping, but instead of following the line of the bounding box, it follows the shape of the image. If the image is a rectangle, you won\u2019t see a difference. But if your image is any other shape, the text\u00a0wraps closely around the edge, creating a more dramatic effect.<\/p>\n You can use this to focus the attention on the image, as in the example below.\u00a0 I used the same picture, but removed the background and switched to Tight<\/strong> text wrapping:<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/p>\nSquare wrapping<\/span><\/h3>\n
Tight wrapping<\/span><\/h3>\n