For every frame that text is to flow around you can define an offset that should be taken into account during text flow and be used instead of the actual frame dimensions.
When you click on this icon, the following dialog box appears:
Here you can set different offset distances for the left and right
X-directions (horizontal) as well as for the top and bottom
Y-directions (vertical). With a zero value the frame edge will be used
as the text flow boundary in each case. If you want to use the same
values everywhere, simply set the switch Symmetric like top
distance
and enter the desired value in the top field. It will be
copied to the left, right and bottom fields automatically then.
The button Delete
resets all values to zero, Restore
restores all values which were valid when you opened this dialog.
If you activate the checkbox Automatic flow active
(so it
is crossed), the frame will be activated for automatic text flow. This
checkbox has the same effect as clicking on the corresponding icon in
the function group. It was included in this dialog so that you can set
all the important text flow parameters for a frame quickly from the
keyboard via a macro, for instance.
Warning: The text flow offset can not be used
simultaneously with assigned text flow masks. If you want to use a
text flow mask but at the same time want to make the text flow round
it with a given separation, you have to assign an offset to the text
frame itself (Set text flow offset
in the Special functions
/ Text frames
function group).
