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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<helpdocument version="1.0">
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+<meta>
+ <topic id="textswriterguidetext_framexml" indexer="include">
+ <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Inserting, Editing, and Linking Frames</title>
+ <filename>/text/swriter/guide/text_frame.xhp</filename>
+ </topic>
+ </meta>
+ <body>
+<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149487"><bookmark_value>frames; inserting/editing/linking</bookmark_value>
+ <bookmark_value>editing;frames</bookmark_value>
+ <bookmark_value>inserting;frames</bookmark_value>
+ <bookmark_value>resizing;frames, by mouse</bookmark_value>
+ <bookmark_value>scaling; frames, by mouse</bookmark_value>
+ <bookmark_value>links;frames</bookmark_value>
+ <bookmark_value>text flow; from frame to frame</bookmark_value>
+ <bookmark_value>frames; linking</bookmark_value>
+ <bookmark_value>printing;hiding frames from printing</bookmark_value>
+</bookmark><comment>mw deleted "text;" and changed "printing;"</comment>
+<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149487" role="heading" level="1"><variable id="text_frame"><link href="text/swriter/guide/text_frame.xhp" name="Inserting, Editing, and Linking Frames">Inserting, Editing, and Linking Frames</link>
+</variable></paragraph>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149842" role="paragraph">A 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>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3156104" role="heading" level="2">To Insert a Frame</paragraph>
+ <list type="ordered">
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149961" role="listitem">Select the text that you want to include in the frame.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149602" role="listitem">Choose <emph>Insert - Frame</emph>, and click OK.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ </list>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3145115" role="heading" level="2">To Edit a Frame</paragraph>
+ <list type="unordered">
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149578" role="listitem">To edit the contents of a frame, click in the frame, and make the changes that you want.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156239" role="listitem">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>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156261" role="listitem">To resize a 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>
+ </listitem>
+ </list>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153386" role="heading" level="2">To Hide Text From Printing</paragraph>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154262" role="paragraph">Any Writer frame can be set to a mode which allows viewing the text on screen, but hides the text from printing.</paragraph>
+ <list type="ordered">
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154858" role="listitem">Select the frame (you see the eight handles).</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155875" role="listitem">Choose <emph>Format - Frame and Object - Properties - Options</emph>.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155899" role="listitem">In the <emph>Properties</emph> area, unmark the <emph>Print</emph> check box and click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ </list>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148701" role="heading" level="2">To Link Frames</paragraph>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149986" role="paragraph">You can link Writer frames so that their contents automatically flow from one frame to another.</paragraph>
+ <list type="ordered">
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153025" role="listitem">Click the edge of a frame that you want to link. Selection handles appear on the edges of the frame.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150223" role="listitem">On the <item type="menuitem">Frame</item> Bar, click the <item type="menuitem">Link Frames</item> icon
+<image id="img_id3148968" src="cmd/sc_chainframes.png" width="0.222in" height="0.222in"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id3148968">Icon</alt>
+ </image>.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150930" role="listitem">Click the frame that you want to link to.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ </list>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150947" role="paragraph">You can only link frames if:</paragraph>
+ <list type="unordered">
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150969" role="listitem">The target frame is empty.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154365" role="listitem">The target frame is not linked to another frame.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154383" role="listitem">The source and the target frames are in the same section. For example, you cannot link a header frame to a footer frame.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145559" role="listitem">The source frame does not have a next link.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145577" role="listitem">The target or the source frame are not contained in each other.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ </list>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151083" role="paragraph">When you select a linked frame, a line is displayed that connects the linked frames.</paragraph>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id5853144" role="note">The AutoSize feature is available only for the last frame in a chain of linked frames.</paragraph><comment>UFI: removed
+id="par_id3147542" You can only change the height of the last frame in a series of linked frames.
+Obviously this works now</comment>
+<section id="relatedtopics">
+ <embed href="text/swriter/guide/text_emphasize.xhp#text_emphasize"/>
+ <embed href="text/swriter/guide/text_centervert.xhp#text_centervert"/>
+ <embed href="text/swriter/guide/textdoc_inframe.xhp#textdoc_inframe"/>
+ <embed href="text/shared/guide/floating_toolbar.xhp#floating_toolbar"/>
+ </section>
+ </body>
+</helpdocument>