The Shifting Layout
When you insert an image into a Google Docs document, its default behavior is “In line with text.” This means the image acts like a giant letter character. If you add text above the image, press Enter, or resize a paragraph, Google Docs will automatically push the image down the page to accommodate the new text flow. While this makes sense for simple reports, it is incredibly frustrating when you are trying to design a flyer, a resume, or a complex document where you need an image (like a company logo) to remain locked in one exact corner, regardless of how much text you edit around it.
Locking Image Positions
To gain absolute control over your layout and stop Google Docs from automatically moving images when you edit the surrounding text, you must change the image’s text-wrapping properties to a fixed position.
Open your document and click once on the image you wish to lock in place. A small floating toolbar will appear directly beneath the image. This toolbar contains several text-wrapping options. By default, the first icon (“In line”) is selected. Click the second icon, which is Wrap text (it looks like a picture surrounded by lines of text). Once you select “Wrap text,” a new dropdown menu will appear in that same floating toolbar, likely displaying “Move with text.” Click this dropdown and change it to Fix position on page. You can now drag the image to your desired location, and Docs will freeze it there permanently; adding or deleting text will flow around it, but the image itself will never automatically shift again.