Writer Guide

Problem solving
Some combinations of choices do not work together, and some techniques that affect
master documents are not at all obvious. This section describes some problems and
what to do about them.
Anchoring pictures to a page
The problem
A picture (graphic) anchored “to page” in a subdocument is not displayed in the
master document although it always appears correctly in the subdocument.
Because the master document reorganizes the page flow, page numbers, and cross-
references when it collates all the subdocuments together, the absolute reference to a
page X in a subdocument is lost in the master document. The picture loses its anchor
reference and simply disappears.
The solution
To avoid this problem but keep pictures positioned precisely on a particular page,
anchor the pictures as follows:
1) Right-click on the picture and choose Picture from the pop-up menu.
2) On the Type tab of the Picture dialog box, set the anchor to To character or To
paragraph.
3) Under Position, choose suitable horizontal and vertical references to the page.
Click OK to save the changes.
Figure 384. Anchoring a graphic and setting its position on a page
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