Lois Lowe

By default, in Word 2013 a picture is inserted as an inline image, which means it’s treated like a text character. However, that’s not usually the best way for an image to interact with the text. When you want the text to flow around an image, change the image’s Text Wrap setting. This way, if the text moves (due to editing), the graphic stays put.

By default, a paragraph has no border or shading in Word 2013 documents. You can add either or both to a single paragraph or any group of paragraphs to make them stand out from the rest of the document. You can use any border thickness, style, and color you like, and any color of shading. How to place a border around a paragraph A paragraph border appears around the outside of a single paragraph.

There is a type of Word 2013 mail merge which involves printing on sticky-backed labels, which you can then pull apart and use for package mailing, name tags, or any other purpose you might use labels for. The mail merge process is much the same for labels, except that you specify a label type and size and then Word creates a table that mimics the labels.

Each Word 2013 document stores its own styles. These styles originate from the template on which the document is based, but ultimately each document’s styles are its own. So, for example, if you make a change to a style’s definition in one document, or create new styles in that document, those changes and new styles will not be available in any other documents.

You can draw your own via the Shapes tool in Word 2013. By combining and formatting shapes, you can create simple illustrations and annotate other artwork with lines and shapes that call attention to certain areas. How to draw shapes in Word 2013 To draw a shape, use the Shapes command to open a palette of shapes and then click the one you want to draw.

You can move a picture in Word 2013 by dragging it where you want it to go. The way a picture moves when you drag it varies depending on the text wrap setting you’ve chosen for the picture: If the default setting of In Line with Text is in effect, you can drag a picture only to a spot where you can also drag text: Within existing paragraphs Before or after existing paragraphs However, you can’t place a picture outside of the document margins or below the end-of-document marker.

The border art supplied with Word 2013 includes a variety of small graphics that look good when repeated around the edges of the page. One nice thing about using these, as opposed to manually placing images around the border, is that you can resize the entire border at once by changing the value in the Width box.