Hi all, I've attached an odt file derived from something I was working on that is driving me nuts as far as text flow is concerned. I don't understand how anchoring affects text flow, or why in some cases text does not fill up a hole on the page.
If someone can point me to a detailed explanation of how the filling works I would appreciate it. Questions regarding the attached document: 1. If Frame3 is moved to the right so there is whitespace between it and Frame4, the text begins on a line even with the top of Frame3 and Frame4, and fills the whitespace between the two frames and the space immediately below Frame4. However, as it stands with Frame3 overlapping Frame4, it does not fill the space immediately below Frame4. Why not? 2. Why is paragraph 3 forced to page 2? Why doesn't it start in the empty space to the left of Frame5? If paragraph 2 is shortened by one line, Frame5 shifts up and paragraph three begins in the whitespace between Frame5 and Frame9. If paragraph 2 is shortened 3 more lines, Frame5 shifts up further and paragraph 3 moves up and begins in the space to the right between Frame5 and Frame7. Shorten by another 4 lines, to the point where the top of Frame5 is slightly above the bottom of Frame2, and the text finally begins to use the whitespace to the left of Frame5. Why didn't paragraph 3 us the space to the left of Frame5 in the first place? 3. Why doesn't paragraph 3 start in the empty space below Frame9? This may be the same as the last part of #2, but originally there was another box in the lower left corner of the page, and I wanted the text to begin in the space between it and Frame8, immediately below Frame9. 4. Frame10 is anchored to paragraph4. If I move it up slightly, the anchor symbol shifts to paragraph3. Why doesn't it stay anchored to its original paragraph? 5. If I move Frame10 up to where its anchor shifts to paragraph 3 and release the mouse, the frame jumps up to page 1, and its anchor point shifts to the left margin below paragraph 2. Why doesn't it stay anchored to paragraph 3, and why doesn't it stay where I dropped it? I would be much appreciative of any pointers to explanations of why this works the way it does. "It's a bug," is also a valid answer, although any explanations which would help me to work around bugs would also be appreciated. Many thanks, Gary
Test.odt
Description: application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text
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