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

On 02/15/2012 09:00 AM, Ethan Swint wrote:
> On 2/14/2012 8:18 PM, Calvin Kim wrote:
> > 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.
> From my experience, what you're describing is anchoring 'as' a 
> character; I'm anchoring 'to' a character, as anchoring 'to' a 
> paragraph isn't specific enough for my document. The problem comes 
> when the page break falls such that a full page would require the 
> character to be on one page and the frame to be on the next.
>
> I've looked, but I haven't uncovered a mechanism in LO Writer to deal 
> with this situation satisfactorily.
>
> -Ethan
I see what you are trying to do. I had similar cases few times, and each 
case, I have to adjusted it manually. But if there are many graphics and 
many updates of contents, it will be time consuming.

I don't think LO offers anchor "to" a character.
'Anchor to paragraph' is like anchor to first character of paragraph.
Maybe you can request new/modified feature to development team to anchor 
"to" character, or anchor to paragraph but you can anchor it anywhere in 
paragraph.

cK

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