Repeating frames

[Goran Ekstrom]

Hi,
is there anything resembling "repeating frames", i.e. a once specified
object that should appear on a specific location on all the pages in a
document. I would like to place a small document revision indicator on each
page. Obviously, placing it manually isn't really an option.

Thanks,
Goran Ekstrom
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you anchor the frame to the header, it will repeat on every page. Note,
however, that the content will be the same on every page. If you need
different content, you could put a blank frame in the header and then use a
specific text box on each page to insert the content.

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[Goran Ekstrom]

I'll try it. Thanks!

Goran

 

[Goran Ekstrom]

If you anchor the frame to the header, it will repeat on every page.

Hi again Suzanne,
I just realized that "Frame" in Word-land is a web page frame!? Do you
actually mean a web page frame or have I misunderstood it all?

Thanks,
Goran

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

No, ignore Web-page frames and use the good old-fashioned text frame you get
using the Insert Frame button on the Forms toolbar. Then, if you're going to
be using them frequently (as most of us do who have learned to eschew text
boxes), you'll want to put Frame back on your Insert menu where it belongs,
which you can do through Tools | Customize.

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[Goran Ekstrom]

Oh, so there was a "real" frame in there! With nice formatting options too!

Any reason to still use Text boxes or should I forget them?

Thanks,
Goran

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I have yet to find a good reason to use a text box, but then I guess I'm a
dinosaur. <g>

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[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

Hi all,

I have yet to find a good reason to use a text box, but then I guess
I'm a dinosaur. <g>

Textboxes are fine... as long as you don't have any fields within them
or try to access them with fields from elsewhere. For normal text bits
with flown-around bodytext, they're the way to go (but I'd rather not
use Word for that, and/or not use them in a long document ).

2cents
..bob
...Word-MVP

 

[Goran Ekstrom]

For normal text bits

with flown-around bodytext, they're the way to go (but I'd rather not
use Word for that, and/or not use them in a long document ).

In effect, don't use Word at all! )))) Well, I prefer Ventura Publisher
myself but the need to translate my work to numerous languages makes VP a
troublesome candidate. Bite the bullet...

Goran

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Text boxes were useful chiefly when you couldn't wrap text around graphics
alone (I don't recall a version of Word where you couldn't do that, but
that's what I've read). But if I had a nickel for every post I've read that
suggests inserting a text box and then inserting a graphic in it, when
merely inserting the graphic is quite sufficient...

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[Goran Ekstrom]

But if I had a nickel for every post I've read that

suggests inserting a text box and then inserting a graphic in it, when
merely inserting the graphic is quite sufficient...

One drawback with inserting graphics directly is that when adding a caption
to the graphic, the caption becomes a free floating text box with its own
anchor so when moving the graphic, the caption does not move with it.

When inserting captions to graphics inserted using a text box or frame, the
caption and graphic become one movable object.

Goran

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If a graphic must be wrapped and has a caption, I would insert both inline
and then put them both in a frame. I would not use a text box because Word
can't "see" text in a text box, and I would assume that if the graphic has a
caption, there's likely to be a Table of Figures somewhere down the road.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
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