On 06/27/2015 12:21 PM, John Culleton wrote: > On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 19:50:31 -0400 > Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com> wrote: > >> On 06/25/2015 07:37 PM, John Culleton wrote: >>> This has been discussed before I am sure, but >>> I can't find the magic formula. I want text >>> to flow around another text frame. I got that >>> to work. But T want a little offset so that >>> when the text flows it doesn't run up right >>> next to the other frame. Step by step what do >>> I need to do? >>> >> There are two approaches, and you may want to >> use a bit of both. >> >> The first, as mentioned is to simply set the >> "Distances" for the frame that inside or being >> flowed around. This can be problematic if the >> frame is small, and be quite ugly. >> >> The other is to decide what you flow around. >> The default of course is the frame, but you can >> choose to flow around the contour line, which >> is under Shape > Text Flows Around Frame > Use >> Contour Line. >> >> Then, edit the frame (again under Shape), and >> check Edit Contour Line. Note that amongst the >> buttons are a couple which expand the Contour >> Line by a certain percentage all around or a >> certain number of points all around. >> >> Greg >> >> >> > > I left out some important details. In this > project in order to match previous work the > inserted text frame has a light gray background > and rounded corners. Also my shaky old hands > won't allow me to manipulate a contour line with > any success. > > So I took a different path entirely. For each > such frame I drew a slightly larger text frame > over the top of the existing one. I set it to > have text flow around it. Then I went to the Item > menu. selected "level", and lowered the blank > frame in relation with the real text frame. > > It works and it is not too difficult. > > This is definitely option 3. Not as elegant, but you do whatever works for you.
Greg
