anchored text frames in sideheads

Sharon Burton sharon at anthrobytes.com
Tue Aug 12 06:51:16 PDT 2014


Try using a table and putting the text in the table. It's the only way I've ever found to make that all work. 

That may screw up publishing to the KB, tho. 

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> On Aug 12, 2014, at 6:43 AM, John Sgammato <john.sgammato at actifio.com> wrote:
> 
> I just posted a question about importing formats from a sidehead-enabled template.
> Here's a related question:
> Assuming we can make the sidehead template work, we'd like to be able to put some content over there, while keeping it in Text Flow A. That works fine for a single paragraph - the following non-sidehead paragraph appears in the main column just where we left off:
> 
>                            1 text text text
> sidehead text        2 text text text
>                            3 text text text
> 
> But if the sidehead text includes multiple paragraphs, then the subsequent main column paragraphs are pushed below the level of the last sidehead para:
> 
>                           1 text text text
> sidehead text
> sidehead text
> sidehead text
> sidehead text       2 text text text
>                           3 text text text
> 
> The sort of content we would put in the sidebar is Before You Begin, This Section Includes, etc. 
> 
> We need to keep it in Text Flow A because ultimately it all goes into a knowledgebase with all the same content, but no sideheads.
> 
> I tried anchoring a text frame to the main column text and positioned over there, but I cannot put any content into it. I define it as a text frame, but it always reverts to a graphic frame.
> 
> Has anyone done this successfully?
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