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August 17, 2022
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Can a graphic be anchored to a line of text but be OUTSIDE the text frame?

  • August 17, 2022
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The idea here is to have a symbol that helps the reader find key statements but I want it to be outside the text box. I know I could indent ALL the text to kind of fake the margin, but I already have indents going 7 levels deep on a book with a two-column page, so I'd rather not sacrifice space nor do I want to have to adjust all the indents for each tag to compensate. Is this something that can be done in FM, or am I asking too much here?

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    Correct answer Dave Creamer of IDEAS

    Yes. Look at your Anchored Frame panel under Insert.

     

     

     

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    Dave Creamer of IDEAS
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    Dave Creamer of IDEASCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    August 17, 2022

    Yes. Look at your Anchored Frame panel under Insert.

     

     

     

    David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)
    Inspiring
    August 17, 2022

    Sounds great, but I'm not seeing any blue boxes, just the black frame of the picture box.

    Dave Creamer of IDEAS
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 17, 2022

    Sorry--edited my reply to reflect correct process.

    David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)
    Inspiring
    August 17, 2022

    Sure. I do it all the time.

    Inspiring
    August 17, 2022

    How do you do it?

    Inspiring
    August 17, 2022

    Just as David Creamer shows, with Distance from Text Frame.

    In my case, I edit a standards document, and I annotate each change with an anchored frame in the margin that shows the issue number relating to the change.