On Wed, 2006-03-08 at 20:52 -0500, Ed Nisley wrote: > > Why don't you > > 1) Create a frame where you want the picture to go, > > 2) Click outside and then inside the frame, > > 3) Insert > Picture > From file to place the picture in > the frame, > > 4) and Insert > Caption for the caption? > > You can then resize the frame and/or picture as you > desire. > > That produces a default frame with an empty paragraph > inside, above which I'd insert the picture. Then I'd add a > caption to the frame and delete the empty paragraph. Then > I'd reformat the default frame to match the layout I want, > a process which looks like it could get downright tedious > after the first few hundred pages. > > Is there a blindingly obvious way to set the default frame > attributes that I just haven't discovered? >
Coming in late on this thread, I was going to suggest creating a Frame Style. Use "Insert - Picture" and then change it's frame style to the predefined style. It does seem you always have to add the caption (context-menu - Caption) manually. It's a macro by the looks of it that adds a second frame and the text. I wouldn't use "Insert - Frame". > Anyhow, what I've been doing up to this point is creating > one generic picture frame with all the right spacing, > borders, and suchlike. Used to be, you could just cut/copy > that thing from one spot and paste it into another, then > stick in the new picture & caption. That made getting > identical frames with captions dead simple. Frame Styles. > But that seems not to work now. Or, at least, it doesn't > work often enough to be usable, which is pretty much the > same thing. This does seem to be more difficult to use than it needs to be. The image and the caption are copied and the reference number is auto- incremented. (You must make sure that you select the outer frame however - the one containing the caption.) But, I don't seem to be able to simply replace the image in the inner frame except by deleting it and then inserting a new one from file. Then I need to set the frame attributes again (but this is tolerable if I've defined a style). It would be nice to be able to just select the picture frame and insert or assign a new file and retain the other attributes. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
