Inserting, Editing, and Linking Frames

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.

To Insert a Frame

  1. Select the text that you want to include in the frame.

  2. Choose Insert - Frame, and click OK.

To Edit a Frame

To Hide Text From Printing

Any Writer frame can be set to a mode which allows viewing the text on screen, but hides the text from printing.

  1. Select the frame (you see the eight handles).

  2. Choose Format - Frame and Object - Properties - Options.

  3. In the Properties area, unmark the Print check box and click OK.

To Link Frames

You can link Writer frames so that their contents automatically flow from one frame to another.

  1. Click the edge of a frame that you want to link. Selection handles appear on the edges of the frame.

  2. On the Frame Bar, click the Link Frames icon Icon.

  3. Click the frame that you want to link to.

You can only link frames if:

When you select a linked frame, a line is displayed that connects the linked frames.

Note Icon

The AutoSize feature is available only for the last frame in a chain of linked frames.


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