Callouts move or disappear

Hi Bob:
Yes. I am working on a large book with frequent changes. I have recenlty
begun using the Master Document feature to keep the file sizes smaller but it
doesn't seem to make any difference for losing the callouts.
I usually import a picture into the paragraph. Then click the AutoShapes
arrow on the Drawing toolbar. I select the style I want and position it over
the picture. I almost always add an arrow to it. I format both the callout
and the text inside the callout. When I have made a lot of additions or
changes, I save the document.
Sometimes the callouts will jump to another location or disappear entirely
when I do anything to change the position of text - delete a paragraph,
insert a page break, add another picture. Sometimes everything looks fine
and I save the file. I come back the next day and open the file, the
callouts have moved.
Sometimes I will be going over text I had recently edited and suddenly old
callouts that had been lost have appeared. Sometimes they are mostly outside
the margins of the document. If I can see a tiny bit of it (it's always
red), then I can move it back into the text.
Thank you for your help.
ddt

"Bob Buckland ?" wrote:

> Hi ddt,
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> Can you provide an example of the steps you're taking to create the callouts and when you notice them moving or disappearing? Do
> they not show in certain documents, in certain views, on screen but not print, etc.
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> How do I get callouts to stay where I put them? I'm using Word in Office 2003.>>
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> Bob Buckland ?
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