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Topic: How can I lock three Frames together so can easily move main frame

Within one large Text Frame that I eventually wish to place in another document (Arrange / Wrap), I have three frames, two of them containing an Image, and the third, text.

I am trying to work out how I can lock the three frames together so that I can move the ‘Whole’ into another document as one item.
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Re: How can I lock three Frames together so can easily move main frame

Continuing to experiment it does seem that if I place and position the two Images within a Frame, I can then move this Frame with the two Images seemingly ‘locked’ in position’ to wherever I wish in the main document. Arrange/Wrap as normal and add the extra text within this Frame. And once done I can then continue with the main Project.

So movement seems to work with Images inside a Frame, but does not with a text frame inside.

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Re: How can I lock three Frames together so can easily move main frame

Can't you just Group them? Select them and click the jigsaw icon at bottom right, or use the Arrange menu.

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Re: How can I lock three Frames together so can easily move main frame

So movement seems to work with Images inside a Frame, but does not with a text frame inside.

Actually it works with images or text frame but only if they are anchored within the larger frame. It's just that images may be automatically anchored while a second frame must be manually anchored.

Check out Anchors in Help.

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Re: How can I lock three Frames together so can easily move main frame

Thankyou for the tips. I will checkout that Anchors suggestion.