How to show or hide object anchors in Word
Object anchors in Word indicate the position of floating objects, such as images or text boxes, relative to the text. These anchors help you understand how objects are positioned within your document, but they can also be distracting if you don't need to see them.
Knowing how to show or hide object anchors can improve your document editing experience, making it easier to focus on the content. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to show or hide object anchors in Word, allowing you to customize your workspace to suit your needs.
- Display or hide object anchors with Option function in Word
- Display or hide object anchors with Kutools for Word
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Object anchor: Marks the location of a floating object in relation to the text in your document. Keep in mind that anchors only display when the object is wrapped by text or if you have the object selected.
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Display/hide object anchors with Option function in Word
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To always show the object anchors in your Word documents, please click File > Options > Display, and check Object anchors check box, then click OK. (In Word 2007, click Office button > Options > Display, and check Object anchors check box.)
Note: If you want to hide the object anchors, just uncheck the Object anchors check box in the Display section.
Display/hide object anchors with Kutools for Word
If you want to display or hide the object anchors by the build-in function in Excel, you need to follow at least four steps to get it done which may let you feel tedious. However, with Kutools for Word’s Display Settings utility, you can quickly show/hide the object anchors.
Step 1. Please apply this utility by clicking Enterprise > Display Settings. See screenshot:
Step 2. If you want to display object anchors, please check the Object Location check box in the pop-up Display Settings dialog, and then click Close. If you don’t want to show the anchors, keep the Object Location box unchecked. See screenshot:
In Display Settings dialog, you also can quickly display or hide tab characters, optional hyphens, spaces and so on.
For more detailed information about Display Settings utility, please go to Display Settings.
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