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If you are using formatting correctly, it really shouldn't.
"It really shouldn't do that" was Microsoft's slogan for awhile, I think.
Your right it shouldn't.
But we're using a template we copied from accounting's template, who copied it from marketing's template, who based it on HR's template, who copied accounting's template, who got it from an intern who modified it to be future proof in 1999.
Which still allows you to change the layout of the picture...
Nobody is preventing you from creating a new template if you use it that often.
Nancy the AA is stopping me from creating a new template.
Image formatting was one of the first things I learned to do in Word. Never had an issue moving images about.
It is kinda sad seeing people blame Microsoft for their own tech illiteracy.
how?
You right click the image and set they layout to be in front or behind the text.
Just anything else than "In Line with text"
Why is this behavior default if it confounds so many people?
It doesn't always work out, but adjusting to he text wrap points can help. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/wrap-text-around-a-picture-in-word-bdbbe1fe-c089-4b5c-b85c-43997da64a12