Hi JanAdam:

Use a style for the legend that includes the "Keep With Next" property AND
insert the object "Inline with text".

Or

Create both caption and figure in the same drawing. I use
InsertObjectMicrosoft Word Picture. That opens a separate window (it's a
document within a document).

Draw a large square then hit "Resize" in the little floating toolbar to
expand the drawing so you have room to work.

Construct/insert/paste both your picture and its caption in there.

Delete the square and hit Resize again.

When you get back to the document, you have a solid single object that
cannot split over pages.

Use this second technique only if you wish to flow text around the picture.
Otherwise, the first method is far easier.

This second method (and text boxes...) both have the limitation that they
are "graphics" and exist in the "Drawing layer" of the document. If you
think of a document as a three-layer sandwich, there is the text in the
filling, and the drawing layers Behind the Text and In Front of the Text are
the bread.

The limitation is that the two drawing layers are invisible to the Index and
table of contents generators, and you cannot cross-reference to anything in
them. It's a design bug, but there's nothing you can do about it, other
than avoid the technique wherever possible, and duplicate the captions in
small white text in the text layer if you need them cross-referenced.

Cheers


On 17/3/06 3:13 AM, in article
, "JanAdam"
wrote:

Thank you John,

How can I link my object to its legend, which is just a line of text (can be
a text box perhaps) such that the two stay always together, without, e.g.,
page break jumping in between, and, then anchor both to a page, or to a
paragraph, different from the legend? Like a cascade, the graph anchored to
its legend and then both anchored to a paragraph with a reference to the
graphic object.

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