Anchored page item in chained frames

Hi all,
I'm using an "anchored object" page item with custom positioning, x reference is relative to the right border of the frame. The anchor is in a preceding paragraph (could be multiple lines away) in order to enable text wrap around that object. We recently have turned to use multiple chained frames. When the anchor is close to the bottom of one frame, this causes the object to show up below that frame rather than to follow its imaginary reference line, where it used to be in a single frame.
Short from writing a script or plugin to do the adjustments, did I miss any built-in way to anchor objects so they follow the text flow of their surrounding (rather than their anchor) across frame breaks, and still allow for text wrap and frame relative x position?
Version in use is CS4, but I'd also like to hear if CS5 has improved in this regard.
Thanks,
Dirk

Dirk Becker wrote:
Hi all,
I'm using an "anchored object" page item with custom positioning, x reference is relative to the right border of the frame. The anchor is in a preceding paragraph (could be multiple lines away) in order to enable text wrap around that object. We recently have turned to use multiple chained frames. When the anchor is close to the bottom of one frame, this causes the object to show up below that frame rather than to follow its imaginary reference line, where it used to be in a single frame.
Short from writing a script or plugin to do the adjustments, did I miss any built-in way to anchor objects so they follow the text flow of their surrounding (rather than their anchor) across frame breaks, and still allow for text wrap and frame relative x position?
Version in use is CS4, but I'd also like to hear if CS5 has improved in this regard.
Thanks,
Dirk
Hi, Dirk:
Some time ago, I think I found that the info here: http://www.adobepress.com/articles/article.asp?p=1324259 put me on the right path. IIRC, it has something to do with the position where the anchored object is inserted, which I think is at the beginning of the paragraph (again, IIRC I'm not rereading the article now.)
HTH
Regards,
Peter
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