Text frame auto fitting with an inline image embedded

To get the main text frame grow if you:
1. Change contents of the frame with the graphic.

2. Add or remove table rows

you could put all information in one single table.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

Hi Pat,

before doing anything else show invisible characters so you can see in what order the paragraphs are running in your text frame. Then anchor the text frame with the graphic "Above Line" after the paragraph with the table like that:

To control the position of the anchored object vertically decrease the value of distance before.

To control the position of the paragraph with "45° Ellbow" before the table do a top inset of the main text frame:

To align the anchored text frame with the bottom of the main text frame you can give the anchor a negative baseline shift.

In the example below I did a baseline shift of minus 10 Pt. You can see the structure of the main text frame in the Story Editor window below:

First comes the paragraph with an indent above the table reading "45° Ellbow".

Then comes the table in an extra paragraph.

The third element is the anchored text frame with the graphic frame that is anchored "Above Line".

Change the value for the anchor position to your needs after applying the baseline shift. In my example just set it to:

-50 mm - 10 Pt so that the anchored text frame aligns on top and on the bottom of the main text frame:

The main text frame is set to autogrow in height from the top.

If you add more text to the anchored text frame now the main text frame is growing in height accordingly:

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )