Setting Frame Anchors

You can set anchors in a frame. Anchors allow you to lock the frame to the margins on the page. If a page size changes, the frame is resized accordingly.

How to Set Frame Anchors

  1. Open a page in a page layout.
  2. Make sure you have set the margins for the page. See Specifying Page Margins.
  3. Double-click on the frame that you want to anchor. The Frame Properties dialog opens.
  4. Select the Frame tab.
  5. Make sure you have specified the size and position of the frame by using the Left, Top, Width, Height, Right, and Bottom fields.. See Specifying Frame Size.

  6. Click the appropriate anchors (the arrows shown on the Frame tab). The arrows on the outside of the box are used to anchor the frame to the top, bottom, left, or right margins on the page. The arrows inside the box are used to center the frame horizontally and vertically on the frame. To set an anchor, click the appropriate arrow so that it is no longer gray.

    Note If you select the inside arrow to center the frame horizontally, the left and right anchors are disabled. Likewise, if you select the inside arrow to center the frame vertically, the top and bottom anchors are disabled.

    Note You can also enable or disable anchors by right-clicking the frame in the page layout, selecting Anchors from the context menu, and choosing the options you want.

  7. Click OK.
  8. Click Save the active file. to save your work.