Anchored Text Objects Verticle Top

I'll spend more time asking than it may take to fudge it into place, but, see the anchored graphic. I placed it inline because there will be a lot of reflowing and fitting left to do. It is limiting my ability to align the top margins for this two column text block. It is a caveat - not having a "balance columns" option, i'll ocassionally two column the text block, but in this instance, having baseline shifted the graphic, the left column stands -38pt below the top column margin.
Ideas?

Why did you baseline shift the graphic?
I think what you want to do here is apply a fixed leading to the paragraph, apply text wrap to the graphic (which should be inserted as the first thing in the heading, and drag it down to the correct positon, if necessary.

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I would like to see a feature where I can anchor text to an object, not just anchor an object to a text frame.
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I tried grouping. It still requires some additional work if text changes. For doing callouts, it would just be easier to be able to anchor the text frame to the pointer graphic.
My work around is simple enough. I have a pointer graphic and I have a text frame. I move one, then move the other.
Here's the point really. If you can have an "anchor" feature, where one thing is anchored to another, why limit it to just anchoring object to text. why not allow anchoring of a text frame to an object?
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New to InDesign. Just learned about anchored objects. Have anchored text that is longer than the text it refers to. Text exists in the first column and would like for text to thread to the first column on the next page.

I don't think so. As you have it now, the callout stays with the line the object is anchored to, and it doesn't break and continue at the end of a page -- which is a problem when your callout line is near or at the bottom of the page.
I don't suppose you could create separate anchored frames for each of the text lines in the callout ... It would work for a while, but you would run into problems when editing -- you cannot easily edit a single callout as the frames are not threaded, and if two of these objects end up on the same line in the original text thread, they would appear on top of eachother.
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I am wondering if anyone can help..
I have created a structured indesign document (structured as in tagged for XML import). My problem is the first tagged object is an anchored text box which needs to sit on top of the second anchored tagged picture box. This layout is fine before importing the xml file. however after import the first anchored text box disappears and is replaced by normal text.. is there anyway to stop the box disappearing after import?
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Not that I know of off the top of my head. I'd suggest that, if you are allowed to do so, gin up an example INDD file, put it up on YouSendIt or a similar service, and invite the forum-ites to take a crack at it. Probably, one of us can come up with some clever method to avoid the need for anchored frames at all; I can't visualize why you would need to do so, and my fair-to-middlin' knowledge of XML export and import in ID makes me think that you can't flow text into and out of anchored text frames with XML. However, I will dig into it and see if I can't confirm or deny this hunch of mine.

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Hi,
In my document have 4 stories. and one text frame
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It is possible ?
please help me...
my coding is shown in below
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How to copy/paste anchor text box to its anchor point in text and delete all empty anchors?

hi all
i have a document of few pages but one story. The right column is the main text box and on many places anchored text boxes are placed which appeared on the left column as shown below.
i want text of each anchor-text-box to be cut from its place and paste at its insertion/anchor point and delete all empty anchored boxes.
I am trying since morning but i unable to reach anchor object reference. Any help on how to start with will be helpful.
virender

Ok, let's say you have one main text box (not anchored) and three text boxes that are anchored to text within it. The first one is anchored with text, the second one is unanchored, and the third one is empty (I'm not going to get into inline anchoring vs. custom anchoring since you didn't bring it up in your post).
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function main(){
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      //I think the only way this would happen would be if you had an image or
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      //If we're still in this iteration of the loop, all qualifications are met.
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I guess the takeaway might be that you're not looking at the main text frame and then checking to see if anything is anchored to it. You're looking at each text frame and figuring out if it is anchored. That's my approach, anyway.

How to fit frame to content when content contains anchored text box?

Hi there
I am creating a series of inline text frames within a text frame. Each of these inline frames contains text which includes an anchored text frame. If I tell my inline frames to fit to content they seem to ignore the anchored frames contained therein. Is there any way I can get them to consider the anchored frames they contain when they fit to content?
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Is there any way I can get them to consider the anchored frames they contain when they fit to content?
@Graham – as long as ALL the anchored text frames are "inline" text frames,
mainFrame.fit(FitOptions.FRAME_TO_CONTENT);
should work as expected or at least sort of *.
Without calculating anything at all.
Just tested in InDesign CS5.5 (v7.5.3).
Could it be that CS4 will fail on that?
Of course, you can only rely on this, if the main text frame contains any "real" text at all. Not only the special characters representations of the "inline" text frames. In that case the fit() method will do nothing at all.
* it's debatable, if the fit() method yields desirable output.
It depends on your expectations.
See the following examples:
1. Case 1:
Text frame before fitting:
2. Case 1:
After fitting with the UI command, context menu: "fit frame to contents"
(note the gap between the last baseline of the text and the text frame; note also the new width)
Is that the result you would expect? I guess not.
3. Case 1:
After fitting programmatically with myTextframe.fit(FitOptions.FRAME_TO_CONTENT);
4. Case 2:
Before fitting
same text frame as in #1, but different height
5. Case 2:
After fitting with the UI command, context menu: "fit frame to contents"
A different width than in #2 and a gap at the bottom of the text frame!
Not the desired result, I'd say…
6. Case 2:
After fitting programmatically with myTextframe.fit(FitOptions.FRAME_TO_CONTENT);
Same result as in #3
So with scripting we could, at least, get consistent results.
Of course, you could get the same results in the UI, if you double-click on the bottom center control point…
Maybe it helps, if you are showing us some screen grabs:
1. Your starting point
2. The desired result
Uwe

Text objects behave badly in 10.0.0.495

I don't believe what I'm seeing ;-) so want to ask if others
see this.
Adding a vector text object to the canvas should draw a box
whose position reflects where the text actually sits. In my
experience -- possibly after the updates that just arrived today to
make 10.0.0.495 -- the outline of the object and the text don't
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mouse. Once I've done this for a while I might get an object whose
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rather than centered top to bottom *within* the border. Or the text
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I'm using Windows the CS4. I don't believe I saw this behavior
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quote:
Originally posted by:
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And for those who'll ask for proof (again):
http://www.timshundo.com/dpud/uploads/ugh.png
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How to format a text object

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Inconsistent placement of anchored text frame in data merge document

Just writing up this bug so that anyone else who encounters it can find out what's going on with less head-scratching.
It seems that InDesign's data merge feature gets confused when there are anchored objects in a text frame that's anchored inside another text frame, which can result in:
exported PDFs that don't match the InDesign preview when viewed in Acrobat (so, nasty surprises on some pages after exporting)
InDesign previews that - bizarrely - show differently depending on whether you navigated to the preview by hitting the arrow keys in the Data Merge box or by entering a number.
(sadly I can't provide a file for confidentiality reasons - but the problem point had multi-line data merge entries, a text frame that was anchored in another text frame of equal width, and anchored images and text frames in this anchored text frame)
There were certain entires where, if I navigate to them in the preview using the 'next' and 'previous' keys, there was 4mm less space between the nested text frame and the previous line than if I navigate to it by entering the number. Exporting as a PDF through data merge used the variant with more space.
Re-working the area in question so that the nested text frame wasn't needed seems to have removed the problem (but loses the ability to vertically align these elements in a fixed size frame that is in the text flow).

You didn't say what version of ID, or whter a single or multiple record per page merge, but the Preview is known to be buggy for multiple records since CS5 and might be for single records as well.
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After following the steps and previewing, I see the last name, first name stacked on top of each other in preview and design view. I don't know why this is happening. Can anyone point me in the right direction so the text is displayed the same way as it is in the Help?
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Hello Christopher,
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I am trying to fetch Long text for a given order number from transaction CO04 in SAPScript. I know that I have to use Include X (OBJECT) XX ID XXX.
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Points will be awarded..
Tushar

Tushar,
When you are in CO02, and are at the Long Text Tab,click on the Icon that is next to the Order Number at the top of the screen (this icon looks like a Pencil and a Pad of Paper and is called "Change Long Text"). When you click on this it will take you to the SAPscript Editor. Now hit Goto->Header and you will get the data you require.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
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