WinWord 2.0: Move with Text Frame Option Ignores Bottom Margin

• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c

SYMPTOMS

In a Microsoft Word for Windows document, if you select the Move With Text check box in the Frame dialog box, text you type above your frame may push the frame beyond the bottom margin and cause the frame to overwrite the document footer.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft Word for Windows listed above. We are researching this problem and will post new information here as becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

The Move With Text option causes the vertical position of the frame to adjust in conjunction with the paragraph preceding the frame. As the paragraph moves down the page, the frame also moves down the page. The frame continues to move down into the bottom margin area, overlapping the document footer, until Word advances the preceding paragraph to the next page.

Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. Type "this is the paragraph above the frame" (without the quotation marks) and press ENTER twice.

2. Type "this is the paragraph below the frame" (without the quotation marks) and press ENTER.

3. From the View menu, choose Header/Footer. Select Footer and choose the OK button. Type some text in the footer pane.

4. Position the insertion point between the two paragraphs you typed in steps 1 and 2. From the Insert menu, choose Frame, and use the mouse or the keyboard to insert a frame.

5. From the Format menu, choose Frame. If Word for Windows prompts you to switch to page layout view, choose the Yes button. Select the Move With Text check box, then choose the OK button.

6. Position the insertion point above the first paragraph of text and type until the frame moves beyond the bottom margin, where it overwrites the footer.

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Word for Windows User's Guide," version 2.0, pages 394, 397, 408, 573