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Moving Anchored Objects
As new text is added or deleted, the object moves as the text flows, but will always maintain its new
position relative to the anchor point. You can move an anchored graphic by dragging on it as usual. This
changes its position relative to the anchor point, but does not move the anchor point, which remains
visible at the end of the anchor symbol arrow as you click/move the graphic.
If you want to move the anchor point to another location within the text, click and drag on the anchor
symbol again to create a new arrow and drag it to the new location.
If you cut and paste the text containing the caret mark, the anchored object is also cut and pasted.
Viewing the anchor point
The anchor point of an anchored object is only visible if you click the anchored object in the Selector
Tool or click in the surrounding text area in the Text Tool
.
When you click in a region of text with the Text Tool, it shows any anchors points within an inverted 'T'
symbol, and also draws an arrow from the anchor point to the anchor symbol in the top left of each
anchored object. So the easiest way to see all the anchor points for any text is to click in it with the Text
Tool
.
However, when you start to edit the text, the red caret, arrow and anchored symbol temporarily
disappear until you stop typing. If you are close to the anchor point, Web Designer Premium displays the
caret mark, along with an arrow pointing to the anchor symbol, to let you know when you're close.
Soft Groups
You can anchor Soft Groups (Soft Groups, Soft Groups
) the same way, even where part of the group is on another layer. For example web buttons with
mouseover effects or pop-ups on different layers can be anchored in this way.
Removing an anchor
To remove an anchor from an object, right click it and choose Anchor to text again to disable the
option. Now when you click the object in the Selector Tool or in the text in the Text Tool
, the anchor symbol is no longer displayed.
Embedded Graphics
You can insert any object into text so that it behaves just like a character in the text. Simply copy the
object to the clipboard (Ctrl+C), go into the Text Tool and position the text caret where you want to
insert the object, then paste (Ctrl+V).
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