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1. The quickest way to anchor a graphic or group is to right click it and choose the
ANCHOR TO TEXT option. However, if you also want to edit anchoring properties, you
can right click on the object and select REPELLING & ANCHORING to display the TEXT
REPELLING & ANCHORING dialog.
2. Click the MOVE GRAPHIC WITH TEXT checkbox.
3. By default MOVE VERTICALLY ONLY is also selected, so that your anchored graphic
will only move vertically as the text is edited. This is usually the most useful option –
if you want the object to track the anchor position horizontally as well, embedding
the object is usually a better option.
4. An anchor symbol appears in the top left of the object, indicating it's now anchored.
5. Using either the SELECTOR TOOL or TEXT TOOL, click and drag the anchor symbol so
that a red arrow appears.
6. Move the arrow head and drop it in the location in the text where you would like the
object anchored. A red caret (inverted 'T' mark) indicates the anchor position.
7. As you edit the text around this caret mark, the anchor point and anchored object
moves with the text.
8. When an anchored object reaches the bottom of the text area to which it is
anchored the text to which the object is anchored flows to the next page or column,
taking the anchored object with it. This is the default behavior for newly anchored
objects. However it’s controlled with the AFFECT TEXT FLOW checkbox in the
REPELLING & ANCHORING dialog, so you can turn this off if required. For legacy
documents the setting is turned off to avoid changing the way these documents are
formatted.

An anchored object displays an anchor symbol and an arrow pointing to the anchor point,
shown as a red caret mark.These disappear as you type, unless you're close to the anchor
point.

Note: If you drag the anchoring arrow to a place on the page where there is no text, the
arrow turns into a red anchor that indicates the object's anchoring properties will be lost if
it's dropped here. This also happens when the arrow is dropped on the object itself.