Map of Texas - shape

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Hi,
I have inserted a small map of Texas into the text of a story. However, it
is surrounded by white. I would like to make a shape of Texas and then
insert the map into the shape so the text would wrap around the image. I
have done this with ovals. Any ideas as to how I could do this?
Thank you.
Patti
 
In a different program than Word...
Otherwise, you can set small textboxes or frames that will approximate the
shape and put your text in those. Getting it to look right would be very
difficult, though.
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patti said:
Hi,
I have inserted a small map of Texas into the text of a story. However, it
is surrounded by white.
Click to expand...

Have you tried changing the Wrapping style to "Tight" (on the Layout
tab of the Format Picture dialog box)?
 
You may then also need to edit the wrapping nodes.

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Hi Charles,
I have Photoshop CS but have not been able to figure out how to do it. I
may have to put some info right on the image in the white areas if I can't
find a better solution.
Patti
 
Hi Stefan.
Tried that and it wraps tightly around the white part of the image. I even
tried to make the background of the image transparent but still no luck.
Thanks anyway.
Patti
 
Hi Suzanne,
Tried that and the wrap points were just around the entire rectangle of the
image, not just the Texas shape. Thanks anyway.
Patti
 
Hi Patti,

Did you drag or create new nodes from the
Edit Wrap Points (not Edit Points) dialog?

Is the picture pasted or did you use Insert=>Picture=>From File?

Did you use the Picture toolbar transparency tool on the
white area of around the map?

Do you get the same results on the map here?
http://www.dot.state.tx.us/MNT/sra/images/Txmap1.png

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Hi Suzanne,
Tried that and the wrap points were just around the entire rectangle of the
image, not just the Texas shape. Thanks anyway.
Patti <<
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Hi Bob
First, using Photoshop as the editor, I clicked the move tool and dragged
the image into Word. When I clicked edit wrap points I got the handles still
keeping the white space.

After your email, I tried clicking on the red edit wrap points box around
the image and see you can add and move those points!!! I did not know that.
I have tried it on other shapes and success. I also tried it on the Texas
image you suggested and it worked too. Thanks so very much!!

Do you think it makes a difference to cut and paste or insert>Picture>From
File?

I do not know what you mean by the Picture toolbar transparency tool. I do
not find it in help on Word or Photoshop?
Thanks again for your help.
Patti
 
After your email, I tried clicking on the red edit wrap points box around
the image and see you can add and move those points!!! I did not know that.
Click to expand...

Neither did I.

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Hi Patti,

If you use View=>Toolbars=>Picture (it normally
comes up on its own when you select a picture
in a document) you'll see a tool that looks like
a pencil eraser. That's the transparency tool.
If you 'swipe' it over the white area around the
Texas map it will allow text to be seen through that
area when you put the graphic in a layout wrap such
as In front of text.

There can be differences in inserting graphics from
the clipboard, dragging and inserting/linking from a
saved diskfile as the first two can embed links to
the original source (if from, for example, a web page)
or a link to the original editing app, which can be
useful for editing a frequently changing or not yet
final graphic, but can also grow the file size of the
Word document.

Hi Bob
First, using Photoshop as the editor, I clicked the move tool and dragged
the image into Word. When I clicked edit wrap points I got the handles still
keeping the white space.

After your email, I tried clicking on the red edit wrap points box around
the image and see you can add and move those points!!! I did not know that.
I have tried it on other shapes and success. I also tried it on the Texas
image you suggested and it worked too. Thanks so very much!!

Do you think it makes a difference to cut and paste or insert>Picture>From
File?

I do not know what you mean by the Picture toolbar transparency tool. I do
not find it in help on Word or Photoshop?
Thanks again for your help.
Patti >>
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Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

For Everyday MS Office tips to "use right away" -
http://microsoft.com/events/series/administrativetipsandtricks.mspx
 
Thanks Bob,
Guess I will never really know Word but I keep trying. Thanks to the group,
I learn something new all the time.
Patti
 
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