The only time you need to float an image is if you want text over it, behind it, or to wrap around it. If an image slides around the page like a junior marketing executive at the office Christmas party, it's because the image is floating, and it should be in line.If you have to press Enter Enter Enter Enter etc like a deranged Morse code operator to insert some text after an image, it's because the image is floating, and it should be in line.Most problems with images occur because the image is floating when it should be in line. an image can be in line (which is cool, because you can't drag it around the page).an image can float (which is cool, because you can drag it around the page) or.The key point is that Word has two ways to position an image: Sometimes images seem to wander around the page in Word all on their own. In Word 2007 or later, click the image, click the Picture Tools Formatting tab, then click the Text Wrapping menu.