Re: [libreoffice-users] Frames & anchoring in a technical report

On 02/14/2012 12:00 PM, Ethan Swint wrote:
> I've been frustrated with my experience trying to anchor frames 
> (containing figures and captions). What I'd really like to do is 
> anchor a frame to a character (which refers to the frame's contents), 
> but not force a large white space on the page if the anchor character 
> and the frame don't fit on the same page.  In other words,
> A) Obtain the reference character's Y coordinates, Cy
> B) Obtain the frame's Y dimension, Fy
> C) Obtain the text area's Y dimension, Py
> C) If Py- Fy > Cy, place frame at bottom of character's page
> D) else, place frame at top of page following character's page
>
> Is this possible with LO Writer? What I've been forced to do at this 
> point is to anchor the frame to the page, then move all of the frames 
> in the document when my edits move text.
>
> Thanks,
> Ethan

If you anchor an object to a character, your object will be treated as a 
character. That's why there are large white space on the line of your 
object due to its height.
Instead, anchor it to a paragraph. Then you have freedom to move your 
object around.

cK


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