Adobe InDesign CS5 - Manual (Page 228)

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Combining text and objects
Last updated 11/16/2011
Inline and Above Line position options
When you choose Inline or Above Line from the Position menu in the Anchored Object Options dialog box, the
following options are available for setting the position of the anchored object. (You can also access these options in the
Insert Anchored Object dialog box.)
Inline Aligns the bottom of the anchored object to the baseline. Inline objects are subject to certain constraints when
moving along the y axis: the top of the object can’t go below the bottom leading slug and the bottom of the object can’t
go above the top of the leading slug.
Y Offset Adjusts the position on the baseline. You can also use the mouse to drag the object vertically on the page.
Above Line Aligns the object above the text line containing the anchor marker and below the line of text above the
anchor marker.
Alignment Choose from the following options:
• Left, Right, and Center Align the object within the text column. These options ignore indent values applied to the
paragraph and align the object within the entire column.
• Towards Spine and Away From Spine Align the object left or right depending on the side of the spread the object is
on. These options ignore indent values applied to the paragraph and align the object within the entire column.
• (Text Alignment) Aligns the object based on the alignment defined by the paragraph. This option uses the
paragraph indent values when aligning the object.
Space Before Specifies the position of the object relative to the bottom of the leading slug in the preceding line of text.
Positive values lower both the object and the text below it. Negative values move the text below the object up toward
the object. The maximum negative value is the height of the object.
Space After Specifies the position of the object relative to the cap-height of the first character in the line below the
object. A value of 0 aligns the bottom of the object to the cap-height position. Positive values move the text below the
object down (away from the bottom of the object). Negative values move the text below the object up (toward the
object).
Using the Space Before and Space After options
A. A Space Before value of 0P10 moves the object and it’s associated text further away from the text line above it. B. A Space After value of 0p10
moves the object and the text line above it further away from its associated text line (below).
Note: Anchored objects set to Above Line will always remain with the line that holds the anchor; the text won’t compose
such that the object is on the bottom of one page and the anchor marker’s line is at the top of the next page.
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