There are four, maybe more, ways to put a graphic on a page:
- Anchored frame in text flow, including various nestings, such as in a table cell in a table anchored to the flow. This graphic stays with that text when/if the text is re-flowed to a different page, and is the recommended way to do it unless stays-with-re-flow is not desired, or you can't get the placement desired relative to the text frame.
- On Master Page - causes it to appear on every page that invokes that MP. Does not reflow with text. Sometimes suitable for title page or chapter first pages.
- On Reference Page, invoked by a Paragraph Format using Frame Above or Frame Below. Reflows when that para reflows. Recommended when a commonly used para tag (such as safety admonishments) always need that graphic.
- On Body Page - stays on that page number regardless of what the text later does. Can become difficult to select (or make other page elements difficult to select. Stays on that page even if the page has no other content (making it difficult to delete that as an empty page) - therefore not recommended.