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Auto-numbered figures in the Side Head

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November 2, 2018
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My A flow uses a side head column to add white space to the left. Text and figures display in the main column on the right. However, some of my images are vertical and narrow, so they would be well-suited for placing in the side head section. I can place them there easy enough, but I run into problems when I try to put the figure's caption beneath it in the side head. Text wants to flow from the main A column, to the caption's text frame, and back again to the main frame. This is bad for a number of reasons.

Is there a best practice for doing this? One that accommodates auto-numbering?

Thanks!

Doug

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Doug,

Alternatively, when you insert an anchored frame in the flow and want it in the sidehead area, you should specify the placement to be outside of the column or text frame (depending upon how your entire page layout looks) and then use negative values for the top and left to position the AFrame as desired. Including a text frame inside and at the bottom of the AFrame will give you the desired caption placement.

Barb Binder

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Hi Doug:

How are you moving the images into the side head column? One option would be to anchor the image below the current line, add a line break after the anchor and type in the caption.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

doug1120Author

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I insert the image, and it displays in the main text frame, not in the side head. It displays inside an anchored frame. If I set the anchored frame to Below Current Line, it remains in the text frame; it does not move to the side head. Likewise, I do not see way to add a line break.

The way I've been doing it is to drag the image out of the anchored frame and drop it into the side head. Then I use the Place A Text Frame button on the Graphics > Tools toolbar to add a text frame in the side head, below the image, which is where I place my auto-numbered caption. I then set this text frame to use Tag A and Autoconnect it to the main text frame, which used Tag A to begin with. This is to ensure the caption autonumbers correctly.

doug1120Author

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You need to have the anchor for the graphic AFTER the text for the caption.

Personally, I always put the anchor on a separate line immediately below the caption. It ensures that I don't accidentally copy an anchor when I don't want it, and it also makes it easier to copy the graphic when I don't want the caption.

Lin,

Are you referring to a situation where only one paragraph format is involved?

I tried it your way just now, typing my caption to the left of the graphic anchor, then I applied the autonumbering paragraph format. The format auto-numbered the caption is it should, but it's still to the left of the anchor, and above the graphic.

Is this all correct according to your method? It allows only for above-the-graphic captions, right?

I need my captions below the graphic, unfortunately.

Arnis Gubins

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Place a Text Frame inside of the Anchored Frame to hold the autonumbering figure captions.

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