Framers, FM 8, unstructured
Thanks all for the anchor tag reasons. Those will help me explain. I have another question related to a layout that a client wants to use in FM. Their documents are landscape, with two columns (not side heads). Sometimes a graphic, like a screenshot, is too big to fit in the column and has to go across the columns. When I set the anchor tag to go across all columns and the anchored frame to align left and not be cropped, I can get the graphic to go across the two columns. Are there any other methods to get the graphic across the two columns? I could not figure any others out. After I do that, the text that came before the graphic spreads out across the two columns above the graphic and the text that came after the graphic spreads out into the two columns below the graphic. (This is a little hard to describe. I've attempted to "draw" it below.) Text before graphic Text before graphic continued Text before graphic Text before graphic continued Graphic --------------------> Text after graphic Text after graphic continued Text after graphic Text after graphic continued Is this normal for this type of layout? I rarely use two columns, and don't have graphics that go across the two columns when I do. I think the client would prefer that the text in the left column continue down the left column below the graphic, then continue to top of the right column, then below the graphic in the right column. Attempt at drawing that below. Text before graphic Text after graphic Text before graphic Text after graphic Graphic ----------------------------> Text before graphic continued Text after graphic continued Text before graphic continued Text after graphic continued Is there a way to do that in FM? I hope this makes some sense. Thanks in advance for your ideas! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Linda G. Gallagher TechCom Plus, LLC lindag at techcomplus dot com www.techcomplus.com 303-450-9076 or 800-500-3144 User guides, online help, FrameMaker and WebWorks ePublisher templates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
