Frames and drawings > Frames – basic functions > Changing object properties via the dialog box

On the Layout tab, you can set the wrap margins of the object. For objects inserted as a frame, the position and text wrapping of the object can also be changed.

Available options:

"Horizontal position" section (available only for objects inserted as a frame)

Note: You can only change the position of objects inserted directly into the text (i.e. not inserted as a frame) by cutting the object and pasting it elsewhere.

For objects inserted as a frame, on the other hand, you can specify here where the object should be placed.

Normally, all you have to do is enter the desired spacing from the left edge of the page via the option Offset. Thus if you set the Offset to "2 in", the left edge of the object will appear 2 inches from the left edge of the page.

However, the options Position and Relative to offer several other ways of setting the position. For example, you can set the position relative to the margin. If you subsequently increase the left margin, the object will move to the right accordingly. You can also align the object right, for example, to make it end exactly 2 inches before the right margin.

For the horizontal position, you can choose between the following options:

Position: With the option Position, you specify how the object is to be aligned:

Option

Effect

Left

The object is positioned from the left. If, for example, you set Offset to 2 in, the object will start 2 in from the left edge of the page.

Centered

Align object so that it is centered. If the offset is set to 0 in, the object is centered horizontally in the center of the page. If the offset is 2 in, the center of the object is positioned 2 in to the right of the center of the page, etc.

Right

The object is positioned from the right. For example, the right edge of the object would end 2 inches from the right edge of the page.

Inside

The object is positioned from the left if it falls on a right-hand page (odd page number) – or from the right if it falls on a left-hand page.*

Outside

The object is positioned from the right if it falls on a right-hand page (odd page number) – or from the left if it falls on a left-hand page.*

*	These two options only behave as described above if the option Different left and right pages has been enabled with the ribbon command Layout \| Chapter. Otherwise, Write treats all pages as right-hand pages.

Relative to: Use the option Relative to to specify to what the set Offset should refer:

Option	Effect
Page	The offset is relative to the page (more specifically: to the page edges). The page margins are not taken into account.
Page margins	The offset is relative to the page margins. If you increase or decrease the margins, the object moves accordingly.
Paragraph	The offset is relative to the position of the paragraph to which the object is anchored. The indents of this paragraph are not taken into account.
	Note: If this paragraph falls, for example, in the right column of a two-columned document, the object anchored to this paragraph is also moved to the right column.
	For information on anchors, see Changing the position of objects.
Indent	This option behaves like "Paragraph", except that the paragraph's indent is taken into account.
	Thus if Position is set to "Left", for example, and you increase the left indent of the paragraph by 0.5 in, the object will move to the right by 0.5 in.
Left margin, Right margin, etc.	Here, the offset is relative to the respective page margin. If, for example, you set the Offset to 0 in, the Position to "Left" and select "Right margin" for Relative to, the left edge of the object will be positioned exactly where the right margin starts.

Offset: Finally, you can set the desired offset via the option Offset.

Example: If Position is set to "Left", Relative to "Page margins" and Offset to 2 in, the left edge of the object will appear 2 in from the left page margin. If this margin is 1 in wide, the left edge of the object will be 3 in from the left page edge.

"Vertical position" section (available only for objects inserted as a frame)

The same goes for setting the vertical positioning as for setting the horizontal positioning: You can use the default settings and simply enter the distance from the top of the page at which you want the object to be positioned for the option Offset.

Alternatively, you can use advanced options to specify the position:

Position: With the option Position, you specify how the object is to be aligned:

Option	Effect
Top	The object is positioned from the top. If the offset is 2 in, for example, the top of the object will be positioned 2 in from the top edge of the page, top page margin, etc.
Centered	The object is positioned from the center. If, for example, the offset is 0 in, the object is centered vertically in the center of the page. If the offset is 2 in, the center of the object is positioned 2 in below the center of the page, etc.
Bottom	The object is positioned from the bottom. If the offset is 2 in, for example, the bottom of the object will be positioned 2 in from the bottom of the page, bottom page margin, etc.

Relative to: Use the option Relative to to specify to what the set offset should refer:

Option	Effect
Page	The offset is relative to the page (more specifically: to the edges of the pages). The page margins are not taken into account.
Page margins	The offset is relative to the page margins. If you increase or decrease the margins, the object moves accordingly.
Paragraph	The offset is relative to the position of the paragraph to which the object is anchored.
	Note: If you select this option, the object moves with the paragraph. If you insert a new line of text above the paragraph, the object also drops down a line.
	For information on anchors, see Changing the position of objects.
Top margin, Bottom margin, etc.	Here, the Offset is relative to the respective page margin. If, for example, you set the Offset to 0 in, the Position to "Top" and select "Bottom margin" for Relative to, the top of the object will be positioned exactly where the bottom margin starts.

Offset: Finally, you can set the desired offset via the option Offset.

Example: If Position is set to "Top", Relative to to "Page margins", and Offset to 2 in, the top of the object will be positioned 2 in below the top page margin. Thus, if the page margin is 1 in wide, the top of the object will be 3 in from the left page margin.

"Wrap margins" section

Here, you can change the object's wrap margins.

Tip: The wrap margins can also be changed by dragging the outer (dashed) borders of the object.

"Text wrapping" section (available only for objects inserted as a frame)

For objects inserted as a frame, you specify here how the body text surrounding the frame should behave.

Available options (from left to right):

Option	Explanation
Line	The body text is broken above the frame and continued below it.
Square	The body text wraps around the frame in a rectangular shape. (This is the default setting.)
Contour	The body text wraps as precisely as possible around the contours of the object contained in the frame (known as "contour set"). This only works for pictures that contain transparencies and also for drawings.
Behind text	The body text simply runs through the frame. It is displayed behind the frame.
In front of text	The body text also runs through the frame. However, it is displayed in front of the frame.

Note: The "text wrapping" options are not available for objects whose anchors are located in a table cell.

For information on anchors, see Changing the position of objects.

"Contour" section (available only for objects inserted as a frame)

If you selected either the option Square or Contour for Text wrapping, you can specify here the side(s) of the frame around which the text should wrap.

Available options (from left to right):

Option	Explanation
Both	The body text wraps around both sides of the frame.
Left	It wraps only around the left side.
Right	It wraps only around the right side.
Larger side	It only wraps around the side of the frame where there is more space.

"Object" section (available only for objects inserted as a frame)

When you insert an object as a frame, this object automatically places an "anchor" in the text paragraph to the left of where you insert it.

If the anchor moves because you have inserted/removed text paragraphs above the anchor, for example, the object remains in its original position by default. If you enable the option Move with text, however, the object moves in parallel with its anchored text paragraph.

As soon as the anchor moves to another page, the object also lands on that page (even if the option Move with text is disabled). With the setting Fix on page, on the other hand, the object always remains on the page whose page number you set here. Thus, it is anchored to the specified page rather than to a paragraph.

For more information on using anchors, see Changing the position of objects.

"When the object is moved" section (available only for objects inserted as a frame)

If you have selected the option Move with text in the Object section, you can specify how the object's anchor should behave when you move the object:

If the default setting Move anchor to the nearest paragraph is selected, the anchor moves with the object. Thus if you move the object, the object's original anchor is removed and a new anchor is set in the paragraph to the left of the object's target position.

If, on the other hand, you select the option Keep anchor at current paragraph, the object's anchor always remains attached to the paragraph to which it is currently anchored – even if you move the object.

Object properties, Layout tab

Object properties, Layout tab