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How to wrap text around picture/image in Outlook?

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When inserting a picture into a composing message in Outlook, you may need to adjust the layout and make text wrap around the inserted picture. In this article, I will show you how to wrap text around one picture, as well as how to automatically wrap text around all inserted images in Outlook easily.

Wrap text around a picture/image in Outlook

Auto wrap text around all pictures/images in Outlook 2010 and 2013

Auto wrap text around all pictures/images in Outlook 2007


Wrap text around a picture/image in Outlook

When composing an email message in Outlook, you can easily wrap text around a certain picture or image by following these steps:

Step 1: Select the picture to activate the "Picture Tools" on the Ribbon.

Step 2: Go to the "Format" tab, click the "Wrap Text" button (or "Text Wrapping" button), and then select one wrapping style from the drop-down list. See the screenshot below:

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Note: If you need to specify more wrapping settings for this picture, go ahead and click the "Wrap Text" (or "Text Wrapping") > "More Layout Options" on the "Format" tab, and then specify wrapping style, wrap text, and distance from text successively on the "Text Wrapping" tab in the Layout dialog box. See the screenshot below:

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Auto wrap text around all pictures/images in Outlook 2010 and 2013

This section will guide you to configure the Outlook options to automatically wrap text around all inserted pictures or images with a specified wrapping style in Outlook 2010 and 2013.

Step 1: Click "File" > "Options" to open the Outlook Options dialog box.

Step 2: Click "Mail" in the left bar, and then click the "Editor Options" button in the "Compose messages" section.

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Step 3: In the Editor Options dialog box, click "Advanced" in the left bar, go to the "Cut, copy, and paste" section, click the "Insert/paste picture as" box, and then specify a wrapping style from the drop-down list. See screenshot below:

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Step 4: Click the two "OK" buttons to close both dialog boxes.

From now on, all newly inserted pictures in emails will be wrapped by text with the specified wrapping style automatically.


Auto wrap text around all pictures/images in Outlook 2007

In Outlook 2007, you can follow these steps to configure Outlook options and make all inserted pictures or images wrapped with the specified style automatically.

Step 1: Click the "Tools" > "Options".

Step 2: In the upcoming Options dialog box, click the "Editor Options" button on the "Mail Format" tab.

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Step 3: In the new Editor Options dialog box, click "Advanced" in the left bar, then click the "Insert/paste pictures as" box, and specify a wrapping style from the drop-down list. See the screenshot below:

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Step 4: Click both "OK" buttons to close the two dialog boxes.


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