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  • February 19, 2012 at 7:40 pm in reply to: Getting Italics in the index #61658
    pat4141
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    That formula above should have appeared as: <[lu]+s[lu]+> (I am putting in slashes, which I am pretty sure I did put in before)

    August 1, 2011 at 10:49 am in reply to: Dilemma: use the ?book? feature or not? #60183
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    I have searched the site and the forums quite a bit and can't find the answer to my question. This is the closest topic to what I'm looking for that I can find.

    My question is about putting it all back together again. My sections or chapters that make up the book are all different lengths. What happens when they are all recombined at the printer? I don't want a lot of blank pages stuck in there so each can start on an odd page. I want every page utilized.

    Or should I recomine them myself if I want to be absolutely sure of the results.

    And will the printer have any problem with there being 11 files to set instead of just one.

    This topic is related in a way to the original question of whether to use the book feature.

    Any instructions or references that bear on these topics would be gratefully received.

    April 6, 2011 at 12:47 pm in reply to: Custom anchoring grouped object #59193
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    Here is what I ended up with and it worked for objects whose frame was larger than or even overlapped with the text being linked to. And no jumping around. Once everything is anchored (each graphic plus caption to its text) I find I can insert text, using the Text Editor, and putting in a Frame Break Break character, and text with its anchored objects moves appropriately. Then I insert the picture and caption box corresponding to the new text, group them, and anchor that grouped object to the new text.

    The method for anchoring a grouped object outside of the text that I ended up with:

    1. Edit the Style of text box containing text to include Anchored Object Options. Set Position as Custom. Uncheck Keep Within Top/Bottom Column Boundaries. This saves a few steps each time you anchor an object.

    2. Establish object link, get frame

      1. Click in text with Text Tool (in front of first letter is a good place).

      2. R-click>Anchored Object>Insert

      3. The Insert Anchored Object window appears – click OK.

      4. A square frame (Anchored Object Frame) the default size (about 6p square) appears with a line showing where it is anchored.

    3. Put Object in Frame

      1. Group objects first; now you have one object

      2. Click the object with the Selection Tool (black arrow)

      3. >Edit>Cut (or Copy) (Ctrl-x) Object disappears.

      4. Click Anchored-Object Frame with Selection Tool

      5. R-click>Paste Into (Alt-Ctrl-v)
        (You may not see anything in the frame – this is what threw me for so long) This is described in a somewhat different context in an article How Paste Into Positions Objects, by David Blatner at https://creativepro.com/how&#8230;..bjects.php.

      6. R-click>Fitting>Fit Frame to Content (Alt-Ctrl-c) Graphic should pop into the frame.

    Now drag graphic to where you want it.

    Notice that a Y with crossbars shows up in the text where an object is anchored (turn on View>Hidden characters), and an anchor above the anchored object.

    Hope this helps! I looked around all over the internet for this information. Thanks, Tim.

    April 1, 2011 at 2:26 pm in reply to: Custom anchoring grouped object #59152
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    I think I found a better way– no jumping around. Here it is:

    1. Click in text

    2. Object >Anchored Object>Options(Default)

    3. Set to Custom

    4. Uncheck Keep Within Top/Bottom Column Boundaries

    5. OK A frame shows up on the page with a line between it and the place you anchored to. You can move it wherever.

    I’m not sure under what conditions that (Default) shows up. This could be how to change the default,, which may be what you want, or may not.

    To get your object (which may be a grouped object – can even be one bigger than the textbox holding the text you have linked to) in the frame:

    1. Click the graphic with the Selection Tool (black arrow)

    2. R-click>Cut (or Copy)

    3. Click frame with Selection Tool

    4. R-click>Paste Into (You may not see anything in the frame – this is what threw me for so long)

    5. R-click>Fitting>Fit Frame to Content Graphic should pop into the frame.

    Now drag graphic to where you want it.

    Tim I tried it> I created the grouped object and anchored it to a text frame (call it F1) using above procedure. Now I want to do othe same with another grouped object and its text frame (call it F2). First: created an object Style for F1. I called it Vert Txt Frame w Anchor. (Object styles, I noted, do include Anchored Object parameters).

    Then I unselected everything, click on F2. Apply Style Vert Txt Frame w Anchor. Didn't work (I was hoping it would automatically grab the nearest object, I guess). Can tell by what moves and doesn't move when you move the text frame.

    What did I do wrong?

    April 1, 2011 at 12:50 pm in reply to: Custom anchoring grouped object #59150
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    For those of you looking for this: here are the steps in anchoring an object outside the text frame (I got these from Ann-Marie Concepcion’s video at https://www.adobe.com/designcen&#8230;..id=vid0073 – the ONLY place I have found step by step directions…)

    1. Select the object using Selection (black) arrow

    2. >Edit>Cut (or Copy)

    3. Place the Text Insertion bar in text (presumably at beginning)

    4. >Edit>Paste The graphic acts like a text character. You can use Center etc on it; and you can apply text wrap to it. The object may jump around when you do this.

    5. Immediately: R Click>Object>Anchored Object>Options

    6. Under Position, choose Custom

    7. Deselect Keep Within Top/Bottom Column Boundaries.

    8. Click OK Hopefully the object now is back where it belongs.

    9. Drag to wherever you want it.

    10. Notice that a Y shows up where an object is anchored (turn on View>Hidden characters).

    Now the problem is the “jumping around”. It often jumps completely out of sight, so it is impossible to get any menu that has Object on it so you can get to Options where you can re-set it as a custom object. After that, it behaves pretty well – that is, it becomes visible where it ought to be more or less and you can drag it.

    Tim Hughes, thankyou for your answer. Are you saying there is a separate Anchor menu? I will have to check that. On the object style suggestions, I’ll try it and get back. Looks interesting. The whole purpose of all this, by the way was to be able to later insert or delete pictures/captions without having to move all the items separately. Attempts at insertion brought up new problems! Things didn’t move around quite as I had hoped.

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