On a PC it is possible to tile the windows on the screen but not with Mac May be there is a third party app. How can I make a vertical tile within Word for two documents?

I use Microsoft Word to print various photo layouts. I created several tables in Word with vertical photo layouts and have always dragged photos directly from Windows Explorer into the layouts. In recent months, although the images display properly in Windows Explorer (Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10), when they are dragged into Word, they automatically rotate horizontally in the table instead of displaying properly in their vertical format.

When that happens I must manually rotate each image. Is there any way to have Word recognize these as vertical images so that this doesn't happen? Once I rotate them manually, I am not able to anchor them properly in the table (in line with text) - I seem to lose that option and my layouts are messed up. Thanks, Amanda A.

Hi Amanda, Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Office Community. A quick question before we proceed. Are you facing this issue with all images or a specific image or format with? Please be informed that there is no option in Word to rotate images. And when you click on picture, make sure you get the Picture tools option. Under Format tab of Picture tools click on Wrap text and you can choose the In-line text option.

Hope this information helps. Please post to us if you need any further information with Office. Please be informed that there is no option in Word to rotate images. And when you click on picture, make sure you get the Picture tools option. Under Format tab of Picture tools click on Wrap text and you can choose the In-line text option. Of course images can be rotated, but not when they are In Line with Text, as the OP understands.

And a picture that has already been rotated (with Microsoft Office Picture Manager or third-party photo editing software) should come into Word in the format in which it was saved. Microsoft MVP (Word) since 1999 Fairhope, Alabama USA http://ssbarnhill.com.

I realize this is a tricky problem to explain. I've taken a bunch of pictures with an iphone in jpg format. When I look at them in Windows Explorer as 'Large Images', the vertical ones are displaying vertical and the horizontal ones appear horizontal. I have several 'Photo Layout' tables saved in a word document. They are regular tables, and I place my cursor in the cell in the word document. Then I click the mouse on the photo in Windows Explorer and drag the photo in to the cell.

Then I size the image to the cell size. When I drag in horizontal photos from Windows Explorer, there is no problem. When I drag vertical photos, instead of appearing as vertical, they show up as horizontal (wrong orientation) once dragged into the Word table. At that point, I have to manually rotate the photos back to their vertical orientation, and doing that changes their format to no longer in line with text and I lose the ability to apply some formatting options.

I'm trying to figure out why some of my vertical photos drag in this way (with the wrong rotation for vertical photos) and whether there's a way to prevent that in Word so that I don't have to manually rotate each one. 'Insert Picture' in the Illustrations group has the same problem as dragging and dropping with rotation.

Word’s built-in Clip Art Gallery contains dozens of images that act as lines. Open up INSERT > CLIP ART, and search for LINES. For more choices, when you have an Internet connection, INCLUDE OFFICE.COM CONTENT. (Note: these commands may be different depending on what version of Word you’re using).

Insert any of the images. If it doesn’t extend across the page, use any of the RESIZE HANDLES to make it larger — but keep in mind that these are images, so if your line image is extended longer than its original dimension, it may become fuzzy.

Use any of the features on the PICTURE TOOLS > FORMAT Tab to change the color, shadow, style, and effects of the line image. To remove a Shape, click on it, then press DELETE on your keyboard.

Add Bottom Borders. This technique works best on Headings. Click in the paragraph of text you want a line under. Click on the HOME Tab > BORDERS button — Bottom Border is usually the default. This places a line across the page, underlining not just the text but the rest of the row, too.

Click on BORDERS AND SHADING, the last option on the drop-down list, to refine the weight and color of this line. When you press Enter at the end of the paragraph, this border may extend down to the next row, an effect you probably don’t want. To remove a bottom border, use the CLEAR FORMATTING button on the HOME ribbon, and the border returns to the desired text. Click on the INSERT RIBBON > SHAPES button. On the drop-down gallery, the second section has a series of lines. Some have arrowheads; others have bends and angles.