Hi Cathy, Beth, Geoff: I have regained the ability to move a drawing canvas and all its contents to arbitrary places on the page. I'm not sure exactly which of the suggested options is responsible, however, in Advanced Layout Picture Position, I have both "Move object with text" and "allow overlap" check-marked and in Wrapping style Text wrapping, I have selected "Square". In Options | View, I do not have Picture placeholder check-marked, and on the Edit tab, I have Insert/paste pictures as "In front of text". Many thanks for your help. Ray Shapp ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm *************************************************************