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From: Sawyer, Tamara (MMB)
Date: Sep 20, 2016 7:20AM

Hi Vanessa,

When working with images in MS Word, there are several things the author must do to make them accessible. They include placing the image In Line with text. As you have noticed, that means that any subsequent text will not wrap around the image. To make it wrap around the image, use columns. As you have noted, this seems rather futzy when you first learn it, but with practice, it goes really quickly. This works best if the image is left justified, as it will be set up to read the image, then the accompanying text. If the image is right justified, you have to be extra careful of the reading order. Of course, converting your document into a PDF will allow you to change the reading order to exactly how you want it, but if you aren't going to convert it, using columns is the next best thing. I hope this helps.


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