Anchoring text in photoshop

Is it possible to 'anchor' text to a specific location within an image (i.e. locking it at 10pixels from the left / 10pixels up from the bottom) so that it stays in that location if the image is resized?
Thanks
Phil

No, there is currently no way to do that in Photoshop.

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