<html><head></head><body><div class="mcnt"><div>Thank you, Nadine and Scott, for your replies.<br><br>Nadine: I am using FM 11 (sorry I didn't specify in my first post). Yes, I want to change the default alignment of images. I did change the default setting in the EDD and then import the element definitions into my template. I know that the EDD was imported because when I set choices vs. string, I could see the choices in the Attributes pod. What I'm asking is why FrameMaker is ignoring the default of left that I set and leaving it as <no value>, but instead is making it center aligned when I save. What's especially mysterious is that it actually says at the bottom of the Attributes pod "align Type: Optional Choice Default: left" but doesn't use that default value.<br><br>Scott: Thanks for your suggestion to "use the default image properties dialog. Don't try setting the element attribute." I happily excused your unexpected brevity because you sent your message from your phone. :) Perhaps sometime when you are at your computer, could you please elaborate on this? I can't find the dialog you mentioned, and if this is actually a bug that I can't set the element attribute using my EDD, then I would like to report it. I have read your response on the following Adobe forum post: http://forums.adobe.com/message/3681019. Like the original poster there, the Anchored Frame dialog works properly for me. Manually setting the attribute to left does what I would expect as well. I have also ensured that I have the following in my rules:<br><em>attribute "align" {</em><p><em> is fm attribute "align";</em></p><p><em> is fm property alignment;</em></p><p><em> value "left" is fm property value align left;</em></p>Like I said before, it's not critical or anything, but it would be nice if we could set the default alignment in the EDD and have FM obey it.<br><br>Thanks again!<br>Heather<br><br>PS - Please note that there is a delay of at least 24 hours from the time I post to the time my message appears on the list.<br></div></div></body></html>