Anchoring WP figure boxes

[Ken d'Albenas <kendal -at- AUTOTROL -dot- CUC -dot- AB -dot- CA>]

I'm asking this question for a friend.  He's a tech writer, working
out of his house, and he has to finish the 2nd draft (the "90%" version)
of a big training manual this week.  (He has a modem and a fax - not a
fax modem, but that's another thread.  :-^)   )


He's having a problem with WordPerfect figure boxes.  He says,

     "I'm positive that WordPerfect, with all its power, can do
     what I want to do.  But I've torn the manual apart and do
     you think I can find the answer?  No-oo-oo."


I don't know much myself about WP, but I offered to pose the problem
to the techwr list - i.e., you.  Hopefully, the solution is blindingly
obvious to someone.   Just in case it is, I'd like to ask you to send
replies to me, not to the techwr list, if you'll trust me to summarize
the replies for everyone's benefit.

Here's what he wants to do, and what's actually happening.

WANT TO:  Place figure box outlines in a text document for MANUAL
          pasteup of graphics.  (Manual literally means by hand.  He
          just wants a blank figure box with a caption, and he'll
          paste a picture on the hardcopy later.)

          Since he will be editing the document after he has inserted
          the figure box, the box must be anchored to a paragraph or
          a character so that it will flow with the text it's supposed
          to be illustrating.


THE PROBLEM:  It doesn't flow.  The figure box stays anchored to
          the page, no matter where the text goes.  As he put it:

          "If I have text wrap turned on, and delete a page of text
          above the figure box, the text below the box moves up one
          page, thereby disassociating the figure box from the original
          anchor paragraph.

          "(If text wrap is off, the advancing text goes right through
          the figure box.)"


There are three options for anchoring figure boxes: anchor to page,
paragraph, or character.  My friend says no matter which he chooses, the
figure box seems to stay on the same page - at least, it gets separated
pretty far from its anchor point.


By the way, here's the hw/sw configuration:
Computer: Mitsubishi 486
OS: DOS (version unknown)
Window environment: Windows 3.1
WP version: WordPerfect 5.2 for Windows



Thanks for any help,



Cheers,
                                |  "You'll get more excellence if you don't  |
Ken d'Albenas                   |  spend all your time chasing perfection."  |
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