Visual elements in RixDocs — images, shapes, connectors, textboxes and WordArt — are inserted from the Insert tab and stored as standard drawing content inside the .docx file. Nothing is linked to your disk by surprise: embedded pictures travel inside the document, which is what you want when sharing files.
Insert and position images
- Click where the image should appear.
- Open the Insert tab and choose Image.
- Pick a file — PNG, JPEG, GIF and other common formats — and it is embedded at the cursor.
- Drag the corner handles to resize. Hold the ratio to avoid stretching.
After insertion, choose how the image interacts with text:
- Inline — the image behaves like a large character and moves with the text. Simple and predictable.
- Floating with wrap — text flows around the image in a chosen pattern, and you can drag the image anywhere on the page.
Inline is the safe default for reports; floating is right for newsletters and layouts where an image must sit beside specific text.
The shapes gallery
The shapes gallery covers the standard set: rectangles, rounded rectangles, ellipses, triangles, arrows, stars, callouts and banners. Click a shape, drag on the page to draw it at size, then refine:
- Fill and outline colors from the shape toolbar.
- Text inside a shape — start typing and the shape becomes a labeled block.
- Rotation and flipping via the handles.
Shapes are vector content, so they print crisply and scale without pixelation in a PDF export.
Lines and connectors
Lines connect shapes, and connectors stay attached: move a box and the connecting line follows, keeping diagrams intact while you rearrange them. For flowcharts, org charts and decision trees, draw the boxes first, then link them with connectors — repositioning later is painless.
Textboxes
A textbox is a frame of text that sits independently of the main flow. Typical uses:
- Pull-quotes beside an article body.
- Captions pinned to a figure.
- Labels in a page layout that must not reflow.
Textboxes can be linked to the text flow with wrapping or float freely. Border, fill and internal margins are adjustable, and text inside a textbox uses normal styles and fonts.
WordArt
WordArt turns a short piece of text into a decorative graphic — filled, outlined and shadowed treatments for titles. It belongs on:
- Cover pages and report titles.
- Event flyers and announcement headers.
- Section splash pages in longer documents.
Use it sparingly: one WordArt title per page reads well; a page full of effects reads like 2005. For body-level emphasis, the text styles and emphasis presets are the better tool.
Keep documents light
Embedded images are stored inside the .docx, so a photo-heavy document grows in size quickly. Two habits keep files lean:
- Resize screenshots before inserting; a 4000-pixel-wide screenshot scaled to column width still carries its full weight in the file.
- Reuse the same image once rather than pasting it repeatedly.
Large documents remain perfectly usable thanks to autosave and the byte-preserving engine, but lean files open faster for collaborators on slow connections.
What to explore next
- Charts guide for data visuals that match your brand.
- Draw and ink annotations for hand-drawn markup on top of the page.
- Export, PDF and printing so visuals arrive intact in the shared copy.