Default Anchored frame positioning

[Fred Ridder]

The easiest way to accomplish the is to use the standard "shrinkwrap" command, invoked by pressing the three keys Esc, m, p in sequence (not simultaneously), after you've inserted the graphic. (I've been using this command for so long that those three keystrokes are completely automatic for me whenever I insert a graphic.) This command, which was originally designed for inline mathematical equations (the "mp" mnemonic stands for "math, package"), does exactly what you seek, plus it reduces the padding between the graphic and the graphic from 6 pts on all sides to 1 pt on all sides.

Note that what I describe is the *standard* shrinkwrap command. Many Frame users have installed a free 3rd party plugin called ShrinkWrapAsIs.dll, which changes the padding *without* changing the position property. If you have that DLL in the fminit\Plugins folder of your FrameMaker installation, simply move it to another file to restore the standard shrinkwrap command.

Of course, it's also possible that you actually *want* the 6 pt padding around each graphic, and in that case Art Campbell's suggestion to buy Bruce Foster's ImpGraph plugin is probably the best solution.

-Fred Ridder

 
> Subject: Default Anchored frame positioning
> Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 09:24:11 +0200
> From: verner.andersen at radiometer.dk
> To: framers at omsys.com; framers at lists.frameusers.com
> 
> Hi
> I have unstructured FM8. How do I change the default anchored frame
> position when inserting graphics? I would like the position to be "At
> insertion point" and "Distance above baseline 0.0 pt"
> 
> Med venlig hilsen - Best regards
> Verner Andersen
> Technical Writer
> 
> Radiometer Medical ApS
> Phone +45 3827 3612
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> verner.andersen at radiometer.dk