1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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See the License for the 20*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski ***********************************************************--> 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <topic id="textswriterguidetext_framexml" indexer="include"> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Inserting, Editing, and Linking Text Frames</title> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <filename>/text/swriter/guide/text_frame.xhp</filename> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </topic> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </meta> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <body> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149487"><bookmark_value>text frames; inserting/editing/linking</bookmark_value> 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>editing;text frames</bookmark_value> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>inserting;text frames</bookmark_value> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>resizing;text frames, by mouse</bookmark_value> 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>scaling; text frames, by mouse</bookmark_value> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>links;text frames</bookmark_value> 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>text flow; from frame to frame</bookmark_value> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>frames; linking</bookmark_value> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>printing;hiding text frames from printing</bookmark_value> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</bookmark><comment>mw deleted "text;" and changed "printing;"</comment> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149487" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="3"><variable id="text_frame"><link href="text/swriter/guide/text_frame.xhp" name="Inserting, Editing, and Linking Text Frames">Inserting, Editing, and Linking Text Frames</link> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</variable></paragraph> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149842" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="65">A text frame is a container for text and graphics that you can place anywhere on a page. You can also use a frame to apply a column layout to text.</paragraph> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3156104" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski oldref="64">To Insert a Text Frame</paragraph> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="ordered"> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149961" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="5">Select the text that you want to include in the frame.</paragraph> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149602" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="9">Choose <emph>Insert - Frame</emph>, and click OK.</paragraph> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3145115" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski oldref="66">To Edit a Text Frame</paragraph> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="unordered"> 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149578" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="16">To edit the contents of a text frame, click in the frame, and make the changes that you want.</paragraph> 63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 65*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156239" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="14">To edit a frame, select the frame, right-click, and then choose a formatting option. You can also right-click the selected frame, and choose <emph>Frame</emph>.</paragraph> 66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 68*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156261" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="63">To resize a text frame, click an edge of the frame, and drag one of the edges or corners of the frame. Hold down Shift while you drag to maintain the proportion of the frame.</paragraph> 69*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 70*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 71*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153386" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 72*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski oldref="98">To Hide Text From Printing</paragraph> 73*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154262" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="99">Any Writer text frame can be set to a mode which allows viewing the text on screen, but hides the text from printing.</paragraph> 74*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="ordered"> 75*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 76*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154858" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="100">Select the text frame (you see the eight handles).</paragraph> 77*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 78*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 79*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155875" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="101">Choose <emph>Format - Frame/Object - Options</emph>.</paragraph> 80*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 81*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 82*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155899" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="102">In the <emph>Properties</emph> area, unmark the <emph>Print</emph> check box and click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph> 83*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 84*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 85*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148701" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 86*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski oldref="83">To Link Text Frames</paragraph> 87*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149986" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="84">You can link Writer text frames so that their contents automatically flow from one frame to another.</paragraph> 88*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="ordered"> 89*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 90*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153025" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="71">Click the edge of a frame that you want to link. Selection handles appear on the edges of the frame.</paragraph> 91*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 92*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 93*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150223" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="87">On the <item type="menuitem">Frame</item> Bar, click the <item type="menuitem">Link Frames</item> icon 94*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<image id="img_id3148968" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_chainframes.png" width="0.222in" height="0.222in"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id3148968">Icon</alt> 95*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </image>.</paragraph> 96*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 97*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 98*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150930" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="89">Click the frame that you want to link to.</paragraph> 99*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 100*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 101*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150947" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="75">You can only link frames if:</paragraph> 102*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="unordered"> 103*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 104*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150969" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="76">The target frame is empty.</paragraph> 105*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 106*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 107*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154365" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="77">The target frame is not linked to another frame.</paragraph> 108*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 109*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 110*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154383" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="78">The source and the target frames are in the same section. For example, you cannot link a header frame to a footer frame.</paragraph> 111*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 112*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 113*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145559" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="79">The source frame does not have a next link.</paragraph> 114*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 115*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 116*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145577" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="81">The target or the source frame are not contained in each other.</paragraph> 117*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 118*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 119*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151083" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="90">When you select a linked frame, a line is displayed that connects the linked frames.</paragraph> 120*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id5853144" role="note" l10n="NEW">The AutoSize feature is available only for the last frame in a chain of linked frames.</paragraph><comment>UFI: removed 121*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielskiid="par_id3147542" l10n="U" oldref="72"You can only change the height of the last frame in a series of linked frames. 122*b1cdbd2cSJim JagielskiObviously this works now</comment> 123*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<section id="relatedtopics"> 124*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/swriter/guide/text_emphasize.xhp#text_emphasize"/> 125*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/swriter/guide/text_centervert.xhp#text_centervert"/> 126*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/swriter/guide/textdoc_inframe.xhp#textdoc_inframe"/> 127*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/shared/guide/floating_toolbar.xhp#floating_toolbar"/> 128*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </section> 129*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </body> 130*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument>
