In message <4f97469c1echris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Chris Johnson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
In article <481631C1.3090806@xxxxxxxx>, Clive Bonsall <cbonsall@xxxxxxx> wrote:I have a series of picture frames on a page. I want to place a number (in a text frame) on top of each picture. In some cases, the number disappears and I have an "empty" frame with the overflow tag.I don't quite follow. The overflow tag showing in an 'empty' frame indicates that the frame is not big enough for the first line (or char). It usually means that the height of the frame is not enough for the text or character height. Try making the frame a little bigger in the y direction until the text pops in to view, or alternatively make the font size smaller.
Chris is right you get the overflow flag if the text is too big ***for the area of the frame into which text can flow*** that may be less than the size of the frame if there are frames on top of it which repel text.
For this sort of job, I often set up a frame with transparent fill, 0 inset, text flow set to none, and justification (vertical of the frame) set to centre, you might also have a text style with justification of centre (horizontal). Having set one up, I can then ALT+SHIFT drag copies where I want on the page.
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