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mhnicholas
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Apr 22, 2020

Formatting Changes after Uploading a Word Document with Images

I have been using Teams to hold virtual office hours with my students in my Business and in my Technical Writing Class. This has been working when the documents are simple and straight text. However,...
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RougeJauneBleu
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mhnicholas I know this is two years too late, but I was having the same issue and have had some success with controlling formatting using tables. The Teams version of Word does not allow images to be Square Wrapped. Using tables to place images in positions alongside text holds them in place and retains the layout.

This does not, however, get MS off the hook. MS Teams viewer should not be messing up MS Word documents, and require submission as a PDF to solve. 

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mhnicholas
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Mar 16, 2022
But if you upload to Teams as a PDF you cannot use the review features in word, right?
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    RougeJauneBleu
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    Mar 16, 2022

    mhnicholas Correct. If you load up a PDF you lose all editing facilities. The bug bear in Word appears to be images and Text Wrapping. As long as you use tables to place images in a Word doc rather than text wrapping, they will hold their shape when you upload as Word.

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      TracyF330
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      Jan 17, 2023

      RougeJauneBleu 

       

      My guess is that this is still an issue and not fixed by MS? Anyone know? 

       

      Thanks! 

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        PeterMeiton
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        May 09, 2023

        TracyF330 
        We  still have that problem in my organisation.
        Dont know how to fix it.

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