Putting the illustration in an anchored frame, not a graphic frame, would be the standard way to do this, so that it floats and adjusts to the right/left layout changes according to the parameters of the paragraph tag...
And as far as twiddling the default setting, there are at least one or two plug-ins that allow the preference to be set. Art On 5/1/07, James Monaco <JMonaco at unet.net> wrote: > Hello Framers, > > We have books with different text frames for left and right master > pages (in order to leave more space in the gutter than on the > outside). When you insert a graphics frame for an illustration it > references the page, not the text frame. The result is that if the > pagination shifts, as it often does as you insert new graphics or > futz with the text, the graphics frames are often off-center since > they are getting their coordinates from the page, not the text frame, > which has moved. > > Does anyone have a workaround for this? > > (It seems to contradict the very principle from which Framemaker gets > its name!) > > While I'm at it, it is annoying and time-consuming to have to set run- > around properties separately every time a graphics frame is inserted. > Shouldn't there be a Preference for "Always Run-around Bounding Box"? > > (Mac FM 7.0, I'm on digest) > > Thanks! > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > James Monaco 212 777 5463 > UNET 2 Corporation 212 777 5534 (fax) > 80 East 11th Street 800 269 6422 (sales) > New York NY 10003 http://UNET.net http://HEPDigital.com > -- Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358
