Writer Guide

a sentence. It is also the best method for anchoring a graphic to an
empty paragraph so it does not move around the page in unexpected
ways.
Linking frames
You can link several frames to each other even when they are on
different pages of a document. The contents will automatically flow
from one to the next. This technique is very useful when designing
newsletters, where articles may need to be continued on a different
page.
To link one frame to another:
1) Select the frame to be linked from.
2) Click the Link Frames icon on the object bar.
3) Click the next frame in the series (which must be empty).
When a linked frame is selected, any existing links are indicated by a
faint connecting line, as shown in Figure 106. Note that any frame-
linking line will not be as clear as illustrated in the figure.
Figure 106: Linked frames
Note
You cannot link from a frame to more than one other frame.
The height of a frame that is being linked from is fixed; you can change
this height manually or by using the Frame dialog box, but it does not
automatically adjust to the size of the contents (that is, the AutoHeight
attribute is disabled). Only the last frame of a chain can adapt its
height to the content.
The Options page of the Frame dialog box (Figure 107) shows the
names of the selected frame and any frames it is linked to or from. You
can change this information here. On this page, you can also select
options to protect the contents, position, and size of the frame.
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