On Friday, 13 February 2026 12:42:52 Greenwich Mean Time Philip Jackson wrote: > On 13/02/2026 11:23, Ianseeks wrote: > > HI > > > > Just had the need to insert a few A4 images into a document and creating a > > new page after an insert seems a little cumbersome. > > > > The first time i tried it, I wanted to create a page break (using Ctrl and > > <Enter>) after the image to insert the next image on a new page but it > > inserts a new page before the image even though the cursor is below the > > image and the focus is off the image. > > > > The way i got round it was: > > Insert the first image, Take focus off the image so the cursor is at the > > bottom of the image, Press a few characters (like a space) at the bottom > > of the page then hit enter until a new page is created. > > > > Is there a better way? > > > > thanks > > > > regards > > > > Ian > > I've found that the behaviour depends on how you anchor the image. If I > anchor 'as character', click anywhere in the margins, and then Insert > > Page Break, a new page opens automatically after the image. You can also > use Insert > More breaks > Manual Break is you wish to select a particular > page style. > > On the other hand, if you anchor to paragraph or 'to character', then you > most likely have to do as you describe and work you way to the bottom of > the page before inserting a new page. > > To change the anchoring, right click on the image and select Anchor. > > hth > Philip Thanks, i'll play around with that so i'm better next time. It was a bit of a rush job creating a document of just scanned images in Jpeg. I just used Insert/Image so i'm not sure where it was anchored to, didn't think of that.
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