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So this isn't really a Word question, because it seems to be standard
in all the word processors I've tried, but it bugs me....
 
Why the hell won't text flow backward past a positioned object (now 
called a "frame")?  Or, to put it another way, why is the page break
calculated BEFORE the positioning is done?

I have lots of full-page figures in my t----s (I'll be able to speak
the word after my defense, I promise), and I don't want a random fraction
of the preceding page to be blank in every case.  If I don't frame it,
naturally it does a page break before the large graphic.  But, if I 
use a frame, putting it at, say, the top of the page, it STILL forces
a new page break before the graphic, which then goes at the top of the
next page.  

When I had 4.0, I called MS several times, and got several bogus answers
from several morons, and one useful fellow who said, "Yes, that's a deliberate
design decision."  Does anybody know if there's a way around it now?
I haven't called MS yet, and I'll do that unless somebody here knows
any good info about the situation.  

Am I the only person who is bothered by this?
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