2022

A Guide to QuarkXPress 2022 | 297
Using anchored boxes
You can paste boxes and lines of any shape in text, which makes them act like
characters and flow with text. This is especially helpful when text reflows,
because anchored items reflow like other characters in the text. If items are not
anchored and text reflows, they become displaced, and can end up overlapping
text.
Anchored objects (boxes, lines and tables) can be nested as deep as you like
with no limit.
You can paste boxes and lines of any shape in text, which makes them act like
characters and flow with text. This is especially helpful when text reflows,
because anchored items reflow like other characters in the text. If items are not
anchored and text reflows, they become displaced, and can end up overlapping
text.
Anchoring boxes and lines in text
When you anchor an item, it behaves like a character flowing in text. To anchor
an item:
Select the Item tool , then select the item you want to anchor. 1
Choose Edit > Cut or Edit > Copy. 2
Select the Text Content tool and place the Text Insertion bar where you 3
want to anchor the item.
Choose Edit > Paste to anchor the item at the text insertion point. 4
Cutting, copying, pasting, and deleting anchored boxes and
lines
To cut or copy an anchored item, select the item as you would any text character
and choose Edit > Cut or Edit > Copy. To paste the anchored item elsewhere,
place the Text Insertion bar in a different location and choose Edit > Paste. To
delete an anchored item, select the item or insert the Text Insertion bar after it,
and press Delete/Backspace.
External anchors
If you want to anchor objects that should remain outside the boundaries of a
text box or are wider than the text box you are trying to anchor it in, then use the
Callout functionality.