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Go to Picture Format or Format > Wrap Text > Square. Select Position > More Layout Options . On the Position tab, select Alignment , and change the drop-down field to Centered .
In a shape or text box, you can change the direction in which text is read. That is, you can pivot text 90 or 270 degrees so that it appears sideways. Right-click the edge of the shape or text box. On the shortcut menu, select Format Shape. In the Format Shape pane, click Size/Layout & Properties .
To align a shape, text box, or WordArt, select Shape Format or Drawing Tools > Format. In the Arrange group, select Align. Important: If Align is unavailable, the Wrap Text option might to be set to In Line with Text. Right-click each object, select Wrap Text, and select a different wrapping option from the menu.
To wrap text around the picture but have the picture move up or down as text is added or deleted, select Square (under With Text Wrapping), and then select Move with text.
You can use WordArt with a Transform text effect to curve or bend text around a shape. If you want the text to circle the shape, you can also do this, but it’s a little bit more work. You can also insert WordArt multiple times to wrap text around shapes with straight edges.
Grouping lets you rotate, flip, move, or resize multiple shapes or objects as though they're a single shape or object. Press and hold CTRL and select shapes, pictures, or other objects to group. The Wrap Text option for each object must be other than In line with Text. For more info, see Wrap Text.
Shape Outline lets you choose the color, thickness, or style of the outside border of a text box, shape, or SmartArt graphic. By setting the border to No Outline, you remove the border altogether.
You can create alternative text (Alt text) for shapes, pictures, charts, SmartArt graphics, or other objects in your Microsoft 365 documents. Alt text helps people with visual disabilities understand pictures and other graphical content.
In Office programs, you can quickly align objects (such as pictures, shapes, text boxes, SmartArt graphics, and WordArt. Important: In Word and Outlook, you first must anchor multiple objects before selecting them.
When you copy text from a Word document, webpage, or other app's document and paste it into a Word document, you can choose how the text is formatted. You can keep the original formatting, merge with the destination formatting, or paste just plain text.
By default, Word sets text wrapping to In line with text when you insert or paste a new picture into a document. In line with text may not be what you prefer, so here's how to change the default. Go to File > Options > Advanced.