Re: Paragraph spacing dependent on width of anchored frame?!

[DW Emory <danemory@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You need two anchoring paragraph tags and two figure title paragraph tags 
to do this right, and the method described below will get rid of the 
anomalous spacing you describe. The empty anchoring paragraph tags are used 
to anchor the anchored frames. In both cases, the empty anchoring paragraph 
tags must specify the Space Below, which determines the separation between 
the bottom of the anchored frame and the top of the figure title text.

1. Lets say we name the two anchor tags AnchorNorm and AnchorSH, and we 
name the two figure title paragraph tags FigTitleNorm and FigTitleSH, where 
Norm means that the tags are used when the anchored frame is restricted to 
the normal text column, and SH means that the tags are used when the 
anchored frame spans both the sidehead and normal text columns:

2. In the pagination properties for the AnchorSH and FigTitleSH tags, 
specify Across all Columns and Sideheads, and in the Basic properties for 
those two tags specify Alignment Left for AnchorSH, Alignment Center for 
FigTitleSH. Also specify the desired Space Above/Below settings for 
AnchorSH, and, if needed, the Space Below setting for FigTitleSH.

3. In the pagination properties for the AnchorNorm and FigTitleNorm tags, 
specify In Column, and in the Basic properties for those two tags, specify 
Alignment Left for AnchorNorm and Alignment Center for FigTitleNorm. Also 
specify the desired Space Above/Below settings for AnchorNorm, and, if 
needed, the Space Below setting for FitTitleNorm.

4. Now, when you insert an anchored frame in either of the two anchoring 
paragraphs, specify in the Anchored Frame dialog an Anchoring Position of 
Below Current Line, and an Alignment of Center. In both cases, the figure 
title will be centered under the centered anchored frame, and the top of 
the figure title text will be separated from the bottom of the anchored 
frame by the amount specified in the Space Below settings for tags 
AnchorNorm and AnchorSH.

At 11:59 AM 10/29/03 -0800, Andrew Becraft wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I'm running FM 7.0p578 on Windows XP SP 1.
>
>The paragraph tag I apply to my figure captions has fixed line spacing of
>0.0 pt, with space above set to 6.0 pt. My figure captions always follow an
>anchored frame (in its own paragraph). My pages are designed with a
>side-head column and main body column.
>
>When the anchored frame is narrower than the main body column, the spacing
>between the bottom of the anchored frame and the figure caption matches the
>definition in the Paragraph Designer. However, when the anchored frame is
>wider than the main body column (in other words, when it spans across the
>columns), the figure caption appears below the anchored frame with no space
>between them.
>
>I've experimented with both space above and line spacing settings: I've been
>able to insert a space by setting line spacing to 12.5 pt (which increases
>the space below the caption to an unacceptable level). By increasing the
>space above to 18.0 pt, I'm again able to insert a space between the caption
>and the anchored frame, but this also increases the space above in "normal"
>(narrow frame) circumstances. Both of these options are not acceptable
>solutions.
>
>I'm led to conclude that the spacing for a paragraph that follows an
>anchored frame is dependent on whether that anchored frame is narrower or
>wider than the column in which it appears.
>
>Somebody, please prove me wrong!
>
>Andrew Becraft
>Technical Writer
>Travelport
>A Cendant Company
>
>P: 206.973.4274
>F: 206.973.4333
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>
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