stacking order and external graphics

Question

I missed the recent(ish) webinar on using the FM graphics tools, which may have answered this question …

I need to present some information as shown, and I'm finding it very tricky to a) anchor; b) adjust the graphic if I try and do it inside FM. While it's easier to tweak the final .pdf in Illustrator, this is (of course) far from ideal in terms of maintenance and future-proofing: but if I create the graphic as an .eps in Illustrator, I can't work out how to put it behind the text in the table cells. Hints and tips welcome!

Arnis Gubins · Answer

You can try creating an anchored frame in the first paragraph in the table cell that is set to outside column (or text frame) and then use negative offsets to move it over top of your table cell content [don't forget to set the AFrame to have a fill of None for transparency]. You can then insert the arrows inside of this AFrame and they will move the table cell as expected.

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