Re: [libreoffice-users] anchoring frame to character - problems positioning

Mike Scott wrote:
> I've been banging my head against this one off and on for quite a while,
> and either I'm totally misunderstanding what's supposed to happen, or
> there's a problem in LO. I'd appreciate advice please.
>
> The goal is to print music lyrics with chord (text) appropriately
> aligned above the lyrics. The ultimate goal is to create the .odt
> document programmatically: I'm most of the way there, but the way
> positioning works in conjunction with 'anchor to character' has me baffled.
>
> I'm using a frame to hold the chord text, and trying to attach the frame
> to a given character below in the lyric line, using 'anchor to
> character'. Horizontal position is no bother at all - with the text
> centred in the frame, and the frame centred on the lyrics character,
> things look good.
>
> However, vertical positioning is another matter. It's not at all clear
> what 'bottom', 'top', 'from bottom' (etc) are supposed to do (the help
> file is lamentably lacking here). I had supposed that "from bottom"
> might allow the distance from the bottom of the frame to some reference
> point on the character to be specified, but as I've experimented I've
> found little logical relationship. Indeed the character-to-frame
> distance can vary with paragraph line spacing even when apparently
> nominally "locked" to the character -- not at all what I expected, nor
> what I need! What actually happens appears so ill-determined, it's not
> even easy to describe.
>
> So, to cut to the real question: how do I "lock" a frame to float just
> above a given character in some text, and keep the same relative
> position as that character moves and text line spacing changes?
>
> Or have I missed a better (easier!) way of achieving my goal?

I'm not sure, but it may be that you're trying to put the frame so close 
to the text that the wrapping is having an effect - pushing the text out 
the way of the frame (while the frame is trying to follow the text!)

Take a look at the Format > Frame > Wrap tab. I think you'll want the 
main wrap setting to be "Through", and maybe also set the "Spacing" 
values to zero. You may or may not also want to set "In background", 
depending whether there is any overlap and how you want that handled.

Hope that helps.
Mark.


--
To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscribe@global.libreoffice.org
Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/
Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette
List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/
All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted