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Frames and drawings
In the preceding chapters you learned how to insert pictures and other objects
directly into the body text. There is an alternative way to insert such objects. They
can be inserted in the form of frames – pictures, for example, as picture frames.
The difference:
Frames occupy fixed positions on the page. You can adjust their positions, of
course; but unless you do so deliberately, they remain at their fixed positions on the
page. This means that a frame does not move when you add or delete text above it.
Thus, frames are useful whenever you want to include text boxes, pictures, or
similar objects in your document and you want those objects to remain at specified
positions on their pages.
A frame can be inserted right on top of existing body text. The existing text is then
automatically reformatted in such a way that it flows around the frame.
In this chapter you will learn everything you need to know to become familiar with
frames and drawings. The chapter covers the following topics:
Frames – basic functions (page 228)
Here you will get acquainted with basic operations such as inserting, selecting
and editing frames and other objects.
Frames – advanced functions (page 251)
This section is for advanced users. Here you will learn, for example, how to
hide and group frames.
After each of these topics is discussed, the individual types of frames are introduced
in detail:
Manual TextMaker Frames and drawings 227