Re: [libreoffice-users] How to move a Frame anchored to Page

Hi Regina,

On 2024-09-10 06:26, Regina Henschel wrote:
> John Kaufmann schrieb am 10.09.2024 um 08:28:
> > There are two ways to think about a Frame anchored to Page:
> > 1) That its position is anchored relative to position on a page (for example, Top Center), any page.
> > 2) That its position is anchored to a /particular/ page (but may be shifted on that page).
>
> It is a common mistake to think, that positioning frame/image/shape relative to page needs the anchor 
> "page". Therefore this option is now hidden.
>
> > Writer seems to adopt the second sense, correct? That is, for example,
> > if anchored on page 20 of 24, the frame will remain with page 20 even if pages are inserted or 
> > deleted before page 20, correct?
>
> Yes. And that use case is very, very seldom. I do not know any example.

Here is an example: A guidebook (for elections), which will probably be 24 (or possibly 28) pages, 
containing seven /pairs/ of pages in which each pair addresses one topic that is best displayed at 
a glance -- that is, should be ideally on facing pages.

[Election officials have this document only for election day, a 16-hour day in which they need to 
be able to refer to the guidebook as occasions warrant. Therefore the document should be quickly 
consulted, and should lay out the issues with as much transparency and efficiency as possible. Thus 
the guidebook makes liberal use of page-anchored frames. (As currently laid out, those page pairs 
are 2-3, 6-7, 8-9, 12-13, 16-17, 18-19, 22-23. Also, the front and back covers (first and last 
pages) have fixed content, so the page scope is fixed on 16 of the 24 (or 28) pages.) Changes in 
non-anchored content must not move the anchored content.]

Is that a fair use case?

Thanks for your excellent (as usual) answer, but I am not seeing a way to avoid page-anchored 
frames. [The problem has been that somehow a page was inserted that /did/ affect subsequent page 
numbers, and yet Writer resists my attempts to remove a page to restore the original numbering.  
Similarly, if we add four pages to the document, that additional content must not upset the page 
pairs which must remain on facing pages -- though they can be on /different pairs/ of facing pages.]

Kind regards,
John

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