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Inspiring
Aug 17, 2022 1:14 PM UTC
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Can a graphic be anchored to a line of text but be OUTSIDE the text frame?

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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    Dave Creamer of IDEAS
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    Aug 17, 2022 1:34 PM UTC

    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
    Aug 17, 2022 1:34 PM UTC

    Yes. Look at your Anchored Frame panel under Insert.

     

     

     

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    David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)
    Inspiring
    Aug 17, 2022 2:14 PM UTC

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

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    Dave Creamer of IDEAS
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    Aug 17, 2022 3:36 PM UTC

    Sorry--edited my reply to reflect correct process.

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    David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)
    Inspiring
    Aug 17, 2022 1:21 PM UTC

    Sure. I do it all the time.

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    Inspiring
    Aug 17, 2022 3:33 PM UTC

    How do you do it?

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    Inspiring
    Aug 17, 2022 3:46 PM UTC

    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.

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