If you are working in the Advanced Layout dialog box, click on OK to dismiss it.Make sure the Allow Overlap check box is selected.Make sure the Lock Anchor check box is selected.Make sure the Move Object With Text check box is selected.Word displays the Advanced Layout dialog box. If there is no Position tab in your version of Word, display the Layout tab, and then click on Advanced. Make sure the Position tab is selected.
Word displays the Format AutoShape dialog box. Choose the AutoShape option from the Format menu.A good choice would be to place it to the left of the paragraph just before the table or just after the table, depending on which one will be on the same page as the table. Click on the object anchor-not the actual block arrow-and move the anchor until it is located to the left of a paragraph that will remain constant in the document.The object anchor for the AutoShape should appear-it looks like an anchor. In Print Layout view, select the AutoShape (the block arrow).Each text form field may have a different. The legacy text form field (created from the button shown in the picture above) does allow you to set a maximum number of characters in its Properties dialog: Enter a number in the box in place of the default 'Unlimited'. If this is the setting that was already made, then the next thing to check is where the AutoShape is anchored. The same is true for an actual text box (created from the Insert > Text Box tool). Select the block arrow, then choose Format | AutoShape | Layout | Behind Text. The first thing to check, of course, is that the wrapping style didn't somehow get inadvertently changed. When Deborah would try to nudge the arrow into position, the text would jump around, even after setting the Wrapping Style for the AutoShape to Behind Text.
Deborah had some problems with an AutoShape (a block arrow) placed behind the text of a table with rows of fixed width.