Group page elements

In Page view, do the following:

Place elements in a position box

1. Click Show All  on the standard toolbar to display paragraph markers.
2. In the Normal pane, position the insertion point where you want to put a position box, and then press ENTER twice to insert a new blank line.
3. Select the blank line, making sure to include the paragraph marker.
4. On the Format menu, click Position.
5. Choose a positioning style:
   • Use relative positioning so the position box moves with the text flow: Under Positioning style, click Relative, and then click OK.
   • Use absolute positioning so the position box is independent of the text flow: Under Positioning style, click Absolute, and then click OK.
6. Click inside the position box, and then insert a page element.
7. Select the page element.
8. On the Format menu, click Position, and then click Absolute.
9. Repeat steps 6 through 8 for each page element you want to place in the position box.

   Tip

   You can also specify several properties by using the Positioning toolbar. To display the Positioning toolbar, click the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Positioning.

Specify the location of a position box

The position box must have absolute positioning applied; otherwise it will move with the text flow of the page. Follow the procedure in the preceding section (Place elements in a position box) if you want to apply absolute positioning.

1. Hide paragraph markers and HTML tags if they're activated.

   How?

   • Hide HTML tags — On the View menu, click Reveal Tags.
   • Hide paragraph markers  — Click Show All to hide paragraph markers.
    

   Important   HTML tags and nonprinting characters are not part of the layout, but when you display them on the screen while editing, they change the appearance of the layout.

2. Specify the element's location:
   • To move the element, point to the position box border until the cursor changes to a four-headed arrow, click to hold, and then drag the element to the new location.
   • To set pixel coordinates, specify a value in the Left and Top boxes on the Positioning toolbar.

   Tip

   You can also specify several properties by using the Positioning toolbar. To display the Positioning toolbar, click the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Positioning.