Adding Frames or Sub-Frames

This function allows you to add frames and sub-frames to texts and texts with leader.

 
Create a free text.

 

  1. Select the text you have created and click the Frame icon in the Text Properties toolbar. The Frames sub-menu is displayed. 
You can choose to create each frame with either a variable or a fixed size. For a rectangular frame, for example, the icon represents the variable-size frame, and the icon (with the padlock) represents the fixed-size frame. 

 
  • Variable-size frames adapt to the text length, whereas fixed-size frames always remain as is, no matter what the text length is. So if you choose a fixed-size frame and the length of you text exceeds the frame size, then the text will extend beyond the frame.

 

  • Fixed frame sizes are defined in the standards. For more information, refer to Frames in Administration Tasks > Setting Standard Parameters and Styles > Setting Standard Parameters.

 

  1. Choose a frame in the menu, scored circle, for example, and click to select it.

  1. Right-click on the text and in the contextual menu choose the Add leader command and click in the free space to end the leader creation.
You can zoom to make it easier to move the leader round the text.
 

  1. Right-click the hanged point.

    A contextual menu is displayed, in which Standard Behavior is selected by default. Selecting or deselecting this option drives how many anchor points are available when moving the leader around the frame (refer to the Frames Anchors Table below, Standard Behavior OFF or Standard Behavior ON columns).
 
   
Frames Anchors Table
Type of frame Standard Behavior OFF Standard Behavior ON
Rectangle  
         1       2       3           
         o-------o-------o           
       /                  \
   4  o                     o 5  
       \                  /          
         o-------o-------o           
         o-------o-------o
        /                  \
     1 o                    o 2
        \                  /
         o-------o-------o
Scored Rectangle
Square
Circle 
             3                       
           __o__                     
        2 o     o 4                  
         |       |                   
       1 o       o 5                 
         |       |                   
        8 o     o 6                  
           --o--                     
             7                       
           __o__                     
          /     \  
         |       |          
       1 o       o 2   
         |       |                   
          \     /                   
           --o--
Scored Circle
Set
Fixed Support
Sym Part
Sym Set
Diamond 
              3                      
              o                     
             / \                     
         2 o     o 4                 
          /       \                  
       1 o         o 5               
          \       /                 
         8 o     o 6                 
             \ /                     
              o                      
              7                      
              o 
             / \     
           o     o               
          /       \   
       1 o         o 2
          \       / 
           o     o
             \ / 
              o
Nota
Triangle 
              3                      
              o                     
             / \                     
         2 o     o 4                 
          /       \                  
       1 o----o----o 5               
              6                      
              o 
             / \     
           o     o               
          /       \   
       1 o---------o 2
Right Flag 
         1       2       3           
         o-------o-------o          
         |                 \         
       4 o                  o 5      
         |                 /         
         o-------o-------o           
         6       7       8           
         o-------o-------o
         |                 \
       1 o                  o 2
         |                 /
         o-------o-------o
Right Oblong
Left Flag 
         1       2       3           
         o-------o-------o           
       /                 |           
   4 o                   o 5         
       \                 |           
         o-------o-------o           
         6       7       8           
         o-------o-------o
        /                |
     1 o                 o 2
        \                |
         o-------o-------o
Left Oblong
Both Flag 
         1       2       3           
         o-------o-------o          
       /                  \          
   4  o                     o 5     
       \                  /          
         o-------o-------o           
         6       7       8           
         o-------o-------o
        /                  \
     1 o                    o 2
        \                  /
         o-------o-------o
Oblong
Ellipse
Sticking       
          1 o---------o 2


          1 o---------o 2
Parallelogram 
        3        4        5
         o-------o-------o          
       /                /          
    2 o                o 6    
     /                /          
    o-------o-------o           
   1        8        7           
                    
         o-------o-------o          
       /                /          
      o                o     
     /                /          
    o-------o-------o           
   1                 2

  1. Drag the leader hanged point and see how it behaves depending on whether Standard Behavior is selected or not.

  2. Select a part of the text, as an example "Te", for this:

    • Double-click on the text to edit it, the Text Editor appears.

    • Select "Te" in the Text Editor or in the drawing.

  3. Apply the Both Flag frame to the text.
You cannot use the following types of frames as sub-frames: Sticking, Nota, Scored Rectangle, and all types of fixed-size frames.

 
The size of frames depends on:
  • whether you use them as frames or sub-frames,
  • the height between the characters top and bottom or cap and base,
  • margins.

Thus, a frame or a sub-frame might look different although the text to which it is applied is identical.
 

Example of frame.

Example of sub-frame.