Sometimes it is necessary to make sure that a frame will be
printed in exactly the right place, down to the millimetre, on a form
for instance. Once you've managed to get the frame in the right
position, you will probably want to make sure that you don't
accidentally move, change size or even delete it. For this reason, you
can protect individual frames. Select a frame and click on the
Frame protection
icon. The icon will appear inverted and the
resize markers will change from black squares to hollow ones. You can
continue to select protected frames and modify their contents (if they
are text or graphic frames) or their appearance (line and raster area
frames), but you cannot change the frame's size or position any more.
Naturally you are also not allowed to delete a protected frame. If you
protect a group frame, you will not be allowed to ungroup it. If
several frames are to be grouped, none of them should be protected
frames.
If you decide later that you really want to move, change the size or delete a protected frame, then of course you have to remove the protection again.
To do this select the frame and click on the Frame
protection
icon a second time. The icon will appear unselected,
and the frame resize points will return to normal on the screen.
Incidentally: If the Frame protection
icon is selected when
you draw a frame, that frame will automatically be protected.
