Anchor a text

Hi
I am writing a plugin and stuck at putting an anchor to text at different points in indesign document.
am using vc++.
i see many interfaces related to anchored object like IAnchoedObjectInsertData,IAnchoedObjectSuite,IAnchoedObjectData ...
but i need some interface to locate the point/index of text in a text frame, where i can insert anchored object and use these anchor interfaces.
plese help.

Trevor,
Check the Wrap Inspector, with your Chart Selected, and see if your Chart is Inline or Floating. What you want is Inline. Also, turn on the View > Show Invisibles option so you can see the exact Insertion Point of the Chart. The Chart Insertion Point is marked by vertical line with a large dot on top. Content added before the Insertion Point should cause the Chart to move down.
Regards,
Jerry

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