Microsoft Word is an entity on to its own and does crazy stuff…no more so when you try and insert an image into a document, only for Word to compress it to a blurry mess and then proceed to randomly move it upon every keystroke. There are no-sure fire solutions to this, but below is way to help improve things.

Step 1: Turn off Image Compression!!!

• Go to File>Options>Advanced tab>Scroll to Image Size and Quality.
• Select All documents from the drop-down menu
• Makes sure ‘Do not compress images in file’ is selected. Word does a terrible job and makes images look terrible.
• Use PDF compression software at last stage to get to desired file size.
• Press OK so save settings.

Step 2: Use tables to stop Images Jumping around.

Using a table (2×1) will help with the dreaded random figure movement when you are constructing your proposal. It will also ensure your legend stays put with the figure!

• Write out all your text first.
• Insert a 2-cell table at the point in the text you want the figure
• Insert your (high-quality) image in one of the cells
• Use the second cell for the Figure legend
• Select the table, right click, and go to Table Properties
• Enable ‘text wrapping’ around the table
• Click positioning button and unclick ‘move with text’
• Move the table to where you want on the page.
• Now you can keep working worry free, the table and legends should stay put!