Text Won't Wrap Around Frame or Text Box in Header/Footer

ID: Q121918

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.1a
Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition
Microsoft Word for Windows NT, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Word, when you insert a frame or text box into a header or footer, you cannot wrap the header and footer text around that object. Also, the frame or text box may obscure or overwrite the header and footer text.

For example, this behavior occurs when you align the text on the left, insert an object before the text, and then apply a frame to the object.

CAUSE

This behavior is by design, because if text could wrap in the header or footer of a Word document, text in the main document would have to move out of the way.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use any of the following methods:

Format the paragraph with an indent to offset the text to the left or right of the framed object.
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Insert a table into the header, and then place the graphic in one cell and the text in the other cell.
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Move the framed object to another location, away from the text.

MORE INFORMATION

In Word 98 Macintosh Edition, if you set the Wrapping Style of a text box in the header or footer to Tight (on the Wrapping tab of the Format Text Box dialog box), it behaves as if you set the Wrapping Style to Through. Once set, you cannot change this behavior.

For additional information about objects in headers and footers, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q106518
   TITLE     : Header or Footer Text Overlaps Page Number

   ARTICLE-ID: Q41750
   TITLE     : Headers and Footers Do Not Wrap Around APOs in WinWord

Additional query words: frame text header graphic covering obscuring

Keywords          : wordnt word8 winword kbframe ntword kblayout macword word7 kbformat 
Version           : MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a; WINDOWS:6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a; winnt:6.0
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS winnt
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: May 4, 1999