When you choose to paste a picture from the Clipboard to a document, Word pastes the picture as a floating object (Float Over Text).

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By design, Word pastes the picture as a floating object (Float Over Text).

This article includes a macro that changes this default behavior, so that an object is pasted as an inline object rather than a floating object.

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The following macro changes the default behavior in Word so that pasted objects are pasted as inline rather than floating objects.

NOTE: Office Art objects are converted to pictures and pasted inline.

   Sub EditPasteObject()
      On Error GoTo ErrHandler ' Error will occur if object is Office Art.
      ActiveWindow.View.Type = wdPageView
      Selection.PasteSpecial Placement:=wdInLine
      ' If the object is not text, then convert it.
      If Selection.Type = wdSelectionShape Then
           Selection.ShapeRange.ConvertToInlineShape
      End If
   ErrHandler:
      If Err <> 0 Then
         ' If the object is Office Art, paste it as an inline picture
         ActiveDocument.Undo
         Selection.PasteSpecial DataType:=wdPasteMetafilePicture,
         Placement:=wdInLine
      End If
   End Sub
				

Copy the picture to the clipboard. If you want to paste the picture as an inline object, run this macro. If you want to paste the object normally (as a floating object), use the Paste command on the Edit menu.

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Inline objects are treated as characters and are positioned as characters within a line of text. In versions of Word earlier than Word 97 for Windows and Word 98 Macintosh Edition, all pictures are treated as inline objects.

Floating objects are anchored to a range of text but can be positioned anywhere on the page.

For more information about inline objects, click the Office Assistant, type "InlineShape," click Search, and then click to view "InlineShape Object."

For more information about floating objects, in the Visual Basic Editor, click the Office Assistant, type "Shape," click Search, and then click to view "Shape Object."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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