RE: Figure numbering out of sequence with floating anchored frames

[Dan Emory <danemory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

FrameMaker uses the following definition of Floating:

FLOATING: Use the Floating option to let the frame float to the next column 
if the frame and its anchor symbol can't fit in the same column.

The "Anchor Symbol" appears in the anchoring paragraph, thus, if floating 
is on, both the anchoring paragraph (including any text in that anchoring 
paragraph) and the anchored frame both "float to the next column." If you 
turn Floating off, the anchoring paragraph (including its text) should stay 
in the previous column, or page and only the anchored frame should float to 
the next column or page.

That's why I have stated repeatedly that the anchoring paragraph should 
always be empty. That way, no text preceding the anchored frame ever moves 
when the anchored frame floats to the next column, thus the issue of 
whether Floating is turned on or off becomes irrelevant.

What you don't want to have happen is what occurs when using an empty 
anchoring paragraph and the Anchoring Position is set to Below Current Line 
with Floating turned off (the default setting). In that case, the empty 
anchoring paragraph stays behind and only the anchored frame floats to the 
next column or page. By using At Insertion Point as the anchoring position, 
floating is always on, thus the empty anchoring paragraph always appears in 
the same column or page as the anchored frame.

The other advantage of using At Insertion Point is that, when the anchored 
frame and its empty anchoring paragraph both float to another column or 
page, the anchoring paragraph does not produce an undesired empty space at 
the top of the page above the anchored frame, as would be the case if you 
had set the Insertion point to Below Current Line.

At 09:50 AM 11/21/01 +1100, you wrote:
>Dan
>
>The explanation is that I had fixed line spacing on.
>
>However the behaviour of the frame is not 'floating', it is the same w.r.t.
>vertical alignment as if it was set to "below current line" with floating
>*off*, i.e. the para and frame move to the next column if they don't fit, but
>not *over the text*: there is white space at the bottom of the previous 
>column
>instead of text. So I claim I am right after all.

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