Did you try doing what I suggested? How are you getting them from the net? Just copying and pasting them? If so, that's your problem...you need to right click on web pictures, then choose Save Picture As and put them on your hard drive. Then go to Word's Insert menu and choose Picture>From File and insert them that way...then follow my instructions below to change the layout style Linda F. Johnson, M.A., MOS Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com Free e-Books, Newsletter, and tutorials -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of wgoddard Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 8:38 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: graphics in word These are pics from the net ,from different sites etc.does this make a difference.something i do remember was paint and then transfer.............bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda F. Johnson" <linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 8:06 PM Subject: [mso] Re: graphics in word > It's your layout that causes this problem...by default, Word inserts > graphics with the alignment "in line with text"...right click on the picture > and choose Format Picture...click on the Layout tab (or Alignment tab, > depending on your version) and choose anything BUT "in line with text" ************************************************************* 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, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************