Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Word in Microsoft 365. If you are using an earlier version (Word 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Word, click here: Moving Images Behind Text.
Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated September 16, 2022)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Word in Microsoft 365
Word allows you to place all sorts of graphic images in your documents. Many times you may want to place the images behind the text. Exactly how you do this depends on the type of images with which you are working.
If you are working with an image you created by using the Shapes tool on the Insert tab of the ribbon, you can follow these steps:
If you are using any other kind of image, perhaps one you inserted from a graphics file, then the process is different:
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2019-08-21 00:44:50
RumpledStilt
Clicking 4 times didn't work for me. Turns out I could select a shape that is behind text by selecting all (⌘+A) then clicking on the shape. I'm on latest Word, MacOS Mojave.
2019-08-21 00:38:10
RumpledStilt
After sending shape behind text, the shape is no longer selectable. How do we edit the shape after sending behind text?
2018-11-12 15:05:40
Zup
Hey everyone, I have been trying to find a way to select a picture behind a text, but have not been successful. I finally tried clicking multiple times on the text just in front of the graphics and after 4 clicks was able to cycle through to the a picture. Afterwards, you can move or edit the picture. I am using Word 2016 on my mac. I thought I'd help as so many have helped when they post solutions on the web.
Zup
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Please Note:
This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Word in Microsoft 365. If you are using an earlier version (Word 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Word, click here:
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