On 2005-12-22 14:33, AndrXs LukXcs wrote: > If somebody knows a way to fix the anchor (without attaching it to the > page - that way, it won't move along with the page), please let me know.
I am not really sure, what you mean - I played around with that now and came to the following conclusion: > Can the anchor be fixed to a paragraph? Do you mean that you want to put the anchor to a paragraph and the image/object probably far away from that position? - I suppose you want the same behaviour as in M$ Word. In Word if I move the image/object the anchor is moved with the image to the nearest paragraph - so same behaviour as in OO. When I move the anchor in Word then only the anchor is moved. When I write now something between the anchor and the image/object then the image keeps the same space to the anchor. So some text may jump down and some not. Don't know for what this should be good. I don't see it senseful putting the anchor to the overnext paragraph or 2 paragraphs before the image/object. Why not put the anchor there, where the object should be tight to? Why put the object to a place some fixed distance to something else? - But wait a moment: Word does not support anchor "to page" as OO does. So in Word moving the anchor is the only way to get the image/object tight to a fixed place on that page. And this is very ugly in Word because I now have to position the object where I want and then move the anchor to the page start. But this does not work well because when inserting a line before the first line on that page the anchor moves down and I will not recognize this until I select the object and look where the anchor is. Oh - but I forgot something - I can check the option in object properties that the object should not be moved with the text but then the position where the anchor is does not have any effect. - BTW: Even in Word you cannot move the anchor to a different page than the object is. Who can tell that this way Word behaves is an intuitive behaviour? I am working for years with Word now and I usually don't check the option to lay graphics over the text because... - mmmmhh - I made some tests of my own behaviour while editing - and guess what: I moved the graphic around and while moving the graphic the text jumped up and down and I didn't make it well to move the graphic to the right place because it lets sometimes bigger spaces to above or below paragraph. By instinct I took the anchor to move it to the position where I want my graphic. - And then by instinct I wonder why the graphic is not moved there. Then deleted two paragraphs because wanted to move below the graphic and guess what: Because the anchor was between the two paragraphs - but how could I have known that as the graphic was not selected and so I didn't see the anchor (because only displayed when graphic selected). And now I know why I don't use graphics that way. And now OO: When I want the graphic on a fixed position at the page - e.g. on the right top I use anchor "to page" and place my graphic where I want. Great! When I want to attach my graphic to a specific paragraph then I use anchor "to paragraph" and I can move the anchor to the exact position where I want the graphic and the graphic is moved there. And it cannot happen that I accidently delete the graphic. So my conclusion is: Forget that frickled anchor handling in Word (IMHO growed historically over the years to this result), OO rules! - I want it the way OO handles it! -- _______________________________________ Martin Wildam (Development and Support) MAY Computer GmbH Microsoft Solution Provider Galvanigasse 2 A-1210 Vienna/Austria Tel.: +43 (1) 278 20 80 - 32, Fax: +43 (1) 278 20 80 - 22 VoIP: sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: callto://martin.wildam Mobile: +43 (699) 1069 51 51 E-Mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.may.co.at Free PDF printer driver from MAY Computer at http://www.pdfprinter.at --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
