Nisus Writer Pro - Manual (Page 177)

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The Shape Anchor
Figure 177
A selected floating image selected showing its anchor
When you select a floating image its “anchor” appears in the upper left corner, overlaying the first
character(s) of the paragraph to which it is attached, as illustrated in Figure 177.
If the floating image is attached to a right to left paragraph the anchor appears in a corresponding
position in the upper right corner.
If you have checked (turned on) Show Invisibles, a similar anchor, the color of your invisibles,
appears. You can see it at the end of the paragraph (before the paragraph symbol ¶) to which the
floating image is attached. This anchor indicates that the paragraph has a floating image attached,
even if the floating image is not selected and the Shape Anchor does not show. The two different
anchor symbols are illustrated in Figure 178.
Figure 178
The Shape Anchor: on the left, at the beginning of the paragraph and, to its right, at the end
• For images/shapes set to move with paragraph, if the anchored paragraph changes its position,
the shape moves by the same vertical distance. The shape always keeps the same relative
distance from its anchor.
• For images/shapes set to be fixed on the page, the shape always appears on the same page as
the anchored paragraph. If the anchored paragraph changes pages, so does the shape.
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You can drag the anchor to any other location in the same “document part” thereby moving the image
itself. However, you cannot drag the anchor from one document part to another, for example from the
main body of the document into the header/footer or footnotes.
You can choose to display the anchor and a dashed line from the anchor to the upper left corner of
the image or not, depending on how you set your Appearance preference for Invisibles & Guides the
Shape anchor, as explained on 380. When you select more than one floating shape in your
document, only a single selected shape shows its Shape Anchor.
The contextual menu for floating images
When you select a floating image and 6 Click, or Right-Click, a contextual menu appears with
quick access to a number of additional commands
• Send to Back and Bring to Font alter the sequence of images placing one in front or behind
another.
• You can Copy Shape Appearance. This copies the images border stroke, thickness, color, etc.,
those attributes that are controlled by the Shape Stroke and Shape Shadow palettes.
• Once you have copied the shape’s appearance, you can apply those attributes to any other
shape you like by choosing Paste Shape Appearance.
• You can also set that shape’s appearance as the default for future shapes you create by
choosing Use Selected Shape Appearance As Default.