# Moving and resizing tables and pictures in Word

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-and-resizing-tables-and-pictures-in-word/481982>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 19, 2009, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-and-resizing-tables-and-pictures-in-word/481982 "2009-01-19T12:57:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-and-resizing-tables-and-pictures-in-word/481982/1 "2009-01-19T12:57:21Z")

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Apparently I am doing something wrong because whenever I try to move or resize a pic or table they end up wherever they like and whatever size they like. For example when I try to increase the size of a pic, I might be dragging the bottom right corner but when I release it the window snaps back to its original size.

Or sometimes I might manage to get the damn window the size and position I want but it will fark up the text and/or any other pics/tables.

Help! it is very frustrating.

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**Author:** ![Keeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-and-resizing-tables-and-pictures-in-word/481982/2 "2009-01-19T14:11:03Z")

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Sounds like your pictures are in “frames”. I hate frames, for reason similar to yours, and so for many years I’ve kept my tables and pictures outside of frames. I think this is called having them “in-line”, because it is treated like text.

Look up “frames” in Help and see if it has anything to do with what you’re experiencing.