Hi Regina,
On 2024-09-10 06:26, Regina Henschel wrote:
John Kaufmann schrieb am 10.09.2024 um 08:28:
There are two ways to think about a Frame anchored to Page:
1) That its position is anchored relative to position on a page (for example,
Top Center), any page.
2) That its position is anchored to a /particular/ page (but may be shifted on
that page).
It is a common mistake to think, that positioning frame/image/shape relative to page
needs the anchor "page". Therefore this option is now hidden.
Writer seems to adopt the second sense, correct? That is, for example,
if anchored on page 20 of 24, the frame will remain with page 20 even if pages
are inserted or deleted before page 20, correct?
Yes. And that use case is very, very seldom. I do not know any example.
Here is an example: A guidebook (for elections), which will probably be 24 (or
possibly 28) pages, containing seven /pairs/ of pages in which each pair
addresses one topic that is best displayed at a glance -- that is, should be
ideally on facing pages.
[Election officials have this document only for election day, a 16-hour day in
which they need to be able to refer to the guidebook as occasions warrant.
Therefore the document should be quickly consulted, and should lay out the
issues with as much transparency and efficiency as possible. Thus the guidebook
makes liberal use of page-anchored frames. (As currently laid out, those page
pairs are 2-3, 6-7, 8-9, 12-13, 16-17, 18-19, 22-23. Also, the front and back
covers (first and last pages) have fixed content, so the page scope is fixed on
16 of the 24 (or 28) pages.) Changes in non-anchored content must not move the
anchored content.]
Is that a fair use case?
Thanks for your excellent (as usual) answer, but I am not seeing a way to avoid
page-anchored frames. [The problem has been that somehow a page was inserted
that /did/ affect subsequent page numbers, and yet Writer resists my attempts
to remove a page to restore the original numbering. Similarly, if we add four
pages to the document, that additional content must not upset the page pairs
which must remain on facing pages -- though they can be on /different pairs/ of
facing pages.]
Kind regards,
John
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