Anchored text box within a text frame

I'm struggling to find the correct anchored option to allow an anchored text box to sit under a paragraph block with a 4pt space after. What I need is to edit the paragraph above. If the copy runs onto more lines I want the box to drop down as the extra line increase (to keep in the flow).
Also, I may need to increase the amount of copy inside the anchored text box. When I pull the depth of the anchored box down, the whole anchored box shoots up. The space after the above paragraph has lost its spacing.
Can anyone explain the best way to anchor a box which could change in depth but keep the same spacing between each block of text?
Thanks
lister
Indesign CS6
OSX

You have two choices, use auto for the leading on the paragraph that contains the inline/above line frame (and you can set the autoleading percentage in the Justification settings so it calculates the same value as your fixed leading for that size type if you don't want to use a different paragraph style) and ID will adjust the leading to the largest "character" in a line -- the anchored frame, or you can use a custom anchored frame and set the offsets and text wrap.
In this case, I think the inline/above line option is preferable as it will push the anchoed frame to the next column if necessary, and it's a lot easier to set up.

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please help me...
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@Graham – as long as ALL the anchored text frames are "inline" text frames,
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Without calculating anything at all.
Just tested in InDesign CS5.5 (v7.5.3).
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