![]() Today, I wanted to wrap text around an object in a PowerPoint 2013 presentation. Searching in the product’s help, I came across the surprising mea culpa nearby (click on the image to read the text). I've searched around but can't find an answer to this for the 2016 version of office specifically. I am running Office 365 for home on a Mac powerbook. (The dropdown menu for the question category didn't allow me to select that!) What I would like to do is be able to have an image on my slide and have the text flow around it the same way you can in Word. Otherwise, I have to make two or three separate text boxes, make them different sizes, and place them manually on the page. This seems like such an obvious feature to have in a product that's meant to create visual experiences. It's available in every other Office product. Can it now be done in 2016? Thank you to anyone who takes time to post! The Wrap setting determines the relation between the text and the graphic. Several possibilities are provided: No Wrap With this option the text is placed above and below the image but not around it. This is the wrapping type used for most of the figures in this guide. Page Wrap or Optimal Page Wrap The text flows around the image. Moving the image around the page causes the text to be rearranged to fill the space to the left and right of it. Optimal Page Wrap prevents text from being placed to the side of the image if the spacing between the image and the margin is less than 2 cm. Wrap Through Superimposes the image on the text. That is, the image is above the text. This option must be used in conjunction with the image-transparency setting in order to make the text under the picture visible. In Background Similar to Wrap Through, but the image is placed below the text so there may be no need to change the transparency to make the text visible. The No Wrap option found in the pop-up menu of a picture is equivalent to the Wrap Off menu item in the Format > Wrap menu. The wrap format is normally selected after the anchoring and the alignment of the picture have been decided. To set the position of an image to the the desired wrap format, follow these steps: • Select a graphic by clicking on it. • Right-click to display the pop-up menu and move the mouse pointer to Wrap to display the available wrap formats. Alternatively you can select Format > Wrap from the main menu. • Select the desired wrap format. The advanced wrap format options dialog box (shown for an image). For images you can open this dialog box by selecting Format > Picture from the main menu or right-click and select Picture from the pop-up menu. For drawing objects, you can access the Wrap page by selecting Format > Wrap > Edit in the main menu or right-click and select Wrap > Edit from the pop-up menu. This dialog box is divided into three sections. In the top part you can select among the wrap types mentioned above, plus two additional wrap formats that prevent the text from filling the area to the left ( After) or to the right ( Before) of the picture. Use the Spacing section of the page to adjust the spacing between the image and the text. The contents of the Options section of the page may change depending on the selected wrap format. ![]() First Paragraph Check this box if you want OOo to start a new paragraph after the image even if it could still wrap around the image. In background This option becomes available if Through Wrap is selected; it moves the image in the background. Microsoft home and business 2016 for mac. Contour Wraps the text around a custom contour rather than around the edge of the picture. This option is only available for Page or Optimal Page Wrap.
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