There are several reasons you may want place text over an image in a Word document. Possibly you wish to place your company logo design in the background of a file you’re writing for work, or possibly you require a “private” watermark on a document including sensitive information. No matter the reason, you can do it quickly in Microsoft Word.
Putting an Illustration Behind Regular Text
An illustration in Word refers to any of the items you can insert from the “Illustrations” group on Word’s “Insert” tab. We’re going to be using an easy picture in our example here, however the very same technique applies to any of these illustration types.
To get text to appear on top of an illustration, you alter the text covering choice on the illustration so that it appears behind your text.
If you have not already inserted your things into your Word file, proceed and do that now. When you insert most of those illustration types– images, icons, SmartArt, charts, and screenshots– that item is put in line with your text by default. The exceptions to this are 3D designs and shapes, which are positioned in front of text by default.
It does not much matter since you’re going to be changing from that default to get the things behind your text, but do be aware that things may look a bit different to begin with depending upon what you’re inserting.
After placing your object, click it to choose it. You’ll notice a small icon on top right corner.
This is the “Layout Options” icon. Go on and click that to pop up a small list of layout alternatives. Select the “Behind Text” button under the “With Text Wrapping” area. As soon as you do, any text on the Word file that got moved around when placing the image will return to its original position.
Notification that when you pick “Behind Text,” 2 more alternatives become available. The “Move with text” alternative permits your graphic to move on the page as you add or delete text. The “Fix position on page” choice keeps your graphic in the same put on the page as you add or delete text. It can be a little complicated how this works, but we’ve got a guide on positioning images and other things in Word if you want to find out more.
At any rate, now that you’ve got that “Behind Text” choice allowed, all your routine paragraph text appears in front of your object.
Placing a Text Box Over an Image
There’s also another way to get text to appear in front of a photo or other things– a text box. When you develop a text box, it works like any other illustration things. You can drag it around and have it show up in front of another object like an image. This technique is handy when you wish to utilize anything besides routine paragraph text.
Go ahead and get your image or other illustration inserted. To place a text box, switch to the “Insert” tab and click the “Text Box” button. On the drop-down menu, pick the kind of the text box you desire. Here, we’re opting for the “Simple Text Box” option.
After insertion, the text box is picked instantly so you can go on and type in your text. Drag it over your image. You’ll wind up with something like this:
You’ll observe that there is a border around package and the background of the text box is solid white. Let’s go on and eliminate the border and background fill.
Click the border of the text box. You’ll observe a new “Format” tab appears. Go on and click that tab. There are two options in the “Shape Style” area that we’re going to be utilizing–“Shape Fill” and “Shape Outline.”
When you click the “Shape Fill” button, a drop-down menu with different colors and theme alternatives appears. Click the “No Fill” choice.
The background of your text box is now gone.
Next, click the “Shape Outline” button and pick the “No Outline” alternative from that drop-down menu.
Now, you’ll see that the border has actually been removed.
That’s all there is to it. The big benefit to this approach is that you drag that text box around nevertheless you wish to get your text lined up ideal with your image.
Select the “Behind Text” button under the “With Text Wrapping” section. The “Move with text” choice enables your graphic to move on the page as you add or delete text. There’s likewise another way to get text to appear in front of an image or other things– a text box. To place a text box, switch to the “Insert” tab and click the “Text Box” button. After insertion, the text box is chosen automatically so you can go ahead and type in your text.