Writer Guide

Figure 260: The Arrange menu
• Bring to Front: draws the graphic on top of any other graphics
or text.
• Bring Forward: brings the object one level up in the stack (z-
axis). Depending on the number of overlapping objects, you may
need to apply this option several times to obtain the desired
result.
• Bring Backward: the opposite of Bring Forward; sends the
selected object one level down in the object stack.
• Send to Back: sends the selected graphic to the bottom of the
stack, so that other graphics and text cover it.
• To Background / To Foreground: only available for drawing
objects; moves the drawing object behind or in front of the text
respectively.
Anchoring graphics
You can anchor graphics as a character or to a page, paragraph, or
character. You can also place graphics in a frame and anchor the frame
to a page, paragraph, or character. Which method you choose depends
on what you are trying to achieve.
Here are the ways you can anchor graphics or drawing objects:
To Page
The graphic keeps the same position in relation to the page margins.
It does not move as you add or delete text or other graphics. This
method is useful when the graphic does not need to be visually
associated with a particular piece of text. It is often used when
producing newsletters or other documents that are very layout
intensive, or for placing logos in letterheads.
Caution
If you plan to use a document within a master document, do
not anchor graphics To Page because the graphics will
disappear from the master document. See Chapter 13
(Working with Master Documents) for more information.
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