Grouping Anchored Objects - Adobe Indesign

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Grouping Anchored Objects

  1. Default Grouping Anchored Objects

    I have an anchored graphic image (using Object, Anchored Object, Insert) and need to add a text box under the graphic and a rectangle frame with a stroke on top of the image to highlight a portion of the image.

    What I would love to do is anchor the graphic image and then group the text box and graphic rectangle to the anchored graphic and have all move together. NO LUCK, I guess you cannot select and group multiple objects if one of them is an anchored object.

    The work arounds are
    1) Anchor EACH of the three objects which works fine but takes a long time.
    2) Group the objects and paste them "inline"
    3) Group the objects and manually move them when your text moves.

    Is there any way to group, attach or link objects to an anchored object so all of them move with the anchored object?

    Have InDesign 3 and 2 (same results)

  2. Default Re: Grouping Anchored Objects

    Group the items first, then cut and "Paste Into" a new frame. that frame can then be cut and inserted as an anchored object.

  3. Default Re: Grouping Anchored Objects

    Right clicking on the anchored graphic and using the "Paste Into" option to paste the three grouped objects worked wonderfully. Thank you so much.

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