atw: Re: MS Word problem: stuffed indents when graphic i splaced nearby

Hi Geoff
 
It sounds like the graphic's been inserted in a frame. Click on/near the
graphic to see if it has a frame. If so, right-click on the frame,
select Frame Properties, then fiddle with the settings. Just test one at
a time otherwise you can REALLY foul things up!
 
I had something similar with a sidebar a week or two ago, and had to
change one of those settings to get it all to play together properly. Of
course, I can't recall which setting was the critical one! Just take it
slow and test one thing at a time. You can always undo...
 
Rhonda
 
 
Rhonda Bracey
rhonda.bracey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.cybertext.com.au <http://www.cybertext.com.au/> 
AuthorIT Certified Consultant 
 

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[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Geoffrey
Marnell
Sent: Wednesday, 22 August 2007 10:31 AM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: MS Word problem: stuffed indents when graphic i splaced
nearby



Dear austechies,

 

I'm hairless with frustration in trying to solve this problem Help,
please.

 

I have a numbered list, with the numbers inserted with SEQ fields. The
paragraphs are all styled, and the style has a left indent of 1.27cm and
a hanging indent of 0.63cm. All this is fine, and it's worked splendidly
for the 100 or so procedures in this manual I'm working on.

 

The client has now asked for a small graphic to be placed at the start
of each procedure (1.5cm H by 2cm W). So I plonk the thing in (Insert by
Link) to the left of the first step in the procedure and set its layout
(or run-around properties) to SQUARE with a horizontal alignment of
LEFT. It snaps into place, BUT...each step to the immediate right of the
graphic now has a much larger hanging indent (about 2cm). All the steps
below the graphic retain the correct hanging indent as per the style
specification (0.63cm). It looks bleddy fugly.

 

Does anyone have any clues as why the indent is being screwed by the
placement of the graphic? And how the problem might be overcome?

 

BTW: I'm running Word 2003 on XP SP2.

 

Don't you just love Framemaker!

 

Cheers

 

Geoffrey Marnell

Principal Consultant

Abelard Consulting Pty Ltd

T: (+61 3) 9596 3456

F: (+61 3) 9596 3625

W: http://www.abelard.com.au <http://www.abelard.com.au/> 

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