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Subject: Re: Selecting graphic frame with other objects
From: Fred Ma <fma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 18:01:09 -0500
Newsgroups: comp.text.frame
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Dave H.s wrote: > I can see why you would want to sometimes use frames to crop images. > > But you don't need a nested frame to hold an equation. An equation is not a > type of frame; it is just another graphic object, like a line or rectangle, > and you can mix any number of equations with any number of other graphic > objects in the same single anchored (or unanchored) frame. > > When you use Equations > New (Small, Medium, Large) Equation in the > Equations palette to make a new equation, it has the courtesy to make an > anchored frame for you as well, but the frame is not part of the equation - > the frame simply contains the new equation object. > > To insert an equation in an existing frame containing other objects, just > highlight the frame and use Equations > New (Small, Medium, Large) Equation > in the Equations palette. Enter your equation, control-click on it to > highlight it (this shows the handles), then move or group it just as you > would any other graphic object. Wow, that is extremely cool. I didn't see that in the online manual. Life just got infinitely simpler. Thanks! Fred P.S. Posted to: comp.text.frame framers@omsys.com adobe.framemaker -- Fred Ma Dept. of Electronics, Carleton University 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario Canada, K1S 5B6 ** To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@omsys.com ** ** with "unsubscribe framers" (no quotes) in the body. **