Tip of the Week: Anchoring Graphics Between Paragraphs
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To add a graphic separator between paragraphs, anchor the graphic as the first character in the second paragraph, select it, choose Object > Anchored Object > Options, and choose the Above Line option.
Bonus: You can use the Anchored Object Control (the little blue square that appears on an object when it is selected) to anchor an object and set the options. To anchor an object, simply drag the blue square to the point in the text where you want the anchor to be located. To anchor an object and open the options dialog box at the same time, hold Option/Alt as you drag and release the blue square.
I use anchored objects tons, and I just now learned about the blue-box-drag trick. Thanks, Mike!
To a little more precise, it’s not the “blue box” that’s being dragged, it’s the “colored box.” It will be blue if you’re on the default first layer, but if you’re on a different layer, it will be a different color.