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Kelli Jae Baeli
Kelli Jae Baeli
Inspiring
November 5, 2017
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Object anchoring to line of text

  • November 5, 2017
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Setting up a novel, (only my second one formatted in ID), and am baffled about solving this particular problem....I'm trying to keep a certain image/graphic next to the text where i place it. This is the same in all chapter-start pages, as far as positioning.  I have placed the object there and then copied it and pasted in place on other chapters. I still cannot get the graphic to stay with that text whenever the text changes--like when the flow changes by adding more text to the document, or when i add more space above the chapter title using the  RULE ABOVE on PARAGRAPH STYLE (to work with the layout/widows/orphans).  I've read through forums and help pages about anchoring, but nothing seems to work. The graphics keep landing elsewhere when the text changes. On the Adobe help pages for anchoring, i found:

"To keep the object aligned with a specific line of text so that the object stays with that text when it reflows, choose a Line option from the Y Relative To menu."

I tried that too, (in the CUSTOM settings) and it didn't work either. Anyone know how to solve this problem? Thanks in advance for any help.

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Correct answer amaarora

my setting looks just like that (HIDE ANCHORED OBJECT CONTROL) so that means it's NOT hidden, right? still, all i see besides the usual is a blue box on the graphic frame.


Hi,

Yes. Now all you need to do is click on the blue box and drag it to the position in the text frame to which you want it to be attached. When you release that, the blue box will turn into an anchor.

Currebtly, the image is NOT anchored

-Aman

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amaarora
amaarora
Inspiring
November 5, 2017

Hi,

Do you want the image to be with a specific line of text? like as and when the line moves to bottom of the page then your image should also move?

Or, do you want your image to always be at a specific position on the page no matter what text is there?

If case 1: then anchoring should solve your need and as and when text (next to which you have anchored the image) moves; so will your image

If case 2: then just place the image where you want it to be and do not anchor it. You can apply text wrap on it instead to make the text flows around it

-Aman

Kelli Jae Baeli
Kelli Jae BaeliAuthor
Inspiring
November 5, 2017

Hi Aman. thanks for your response. Yes, as i said, i want it to stay with that text. That's the image that will go at that same place on every chapter title page. But i have already tried all the "anchoring" suggestions, and they just don't work. (including placing an image there and then copying it and pasting it in the other chapters). And frankly, i can't even find an Anchor symbol on the graphic frame at all, so maybe it's just not anchored. (I noticed this anchor on other images that are in the middle of triple jumps in my story/scene/time breaks in storyline--although i'm also having trouble figuring out how to center images between the page margins, but that's for another post, i suppose). But I can't figure out how to KNOW if the chapter start image is anchored.

amaarora
amaarora
Inspiring
November 5, 2017

Hi,

Can you check if this option is ON?

When an image is anchored, you will see an anchor adornment on top of the frame provided you select the frame and not the graphic  with the selection tool. You will need to anchor each and every image that you have pasted separately with the text. When this text move, so will the image

-Aman

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