WD: Drawing Object Sent to Back Overwrites Header/Footer Text

Last reviewed: February 2, 1998
Article ID: Q106016
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition
  • Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0, 7.0a
  • Microsoft Word for Windows, version 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh version 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.1a

SYMPTOMS

Drawing objects that you insert in the main text area of a Word for Windows document are printed over header or footer text, even if you send the drawing object to the back.

CAUSE

By design, the drawing layer in the main text area of the document lies in front of the drawing layer for the header or footer.

The following diagram demonstrates how Word stacks drawings and text in each layer:

Cross Section of Word Document Layers

                                           ___________________
                                          /                   /|
                                         /   <SURFACE OF     / |
                                        /       PAPER>      /  |
                                       /                   /  /|
                 Front Drawing Layer  |-------------------|  / |
                     MAIN TEXT LAYER  |===================| / /|
                  Back Drawing Layer  |-------------------|/ / /
                                      |                   | / /
                 Front Drawing Layer  |-------------------|/ /
   (Header/Footer) BOTTOM TEXT LAYER  |===================| /
                  Back Drawing Layer  |-------------------|/

WORKAROUND

To place a drawing behind the header or footer text, create it in the header or footer drawing layer and then send it to the back.

MORE INFORMATION

In the diagram earlier in this article, the main text layer of a document and its drawing layers are in front of objects and text in the bottom (header/footer) layer of the document. Therefore, if you send a drawing object to the back in the main text layer, other objects and text in that layer are printed over this object. However, all the drawing objects in the main text layer overprint those in the header/footer layer.


Additional query words: 8.0 8.00
Keywords : macword winword word6 word7 word8 word97 kbui
Version : WINDOWS:6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a,97;MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a,98
Platform : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb
Solution Type : kbworkaround


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Last reviewed: February 2, 1998
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