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# Inserting, Editing, and Linking Frames

A frame is a container for text and graphics that you can place anywhere on a page. You can also use a frame to apply a column layout to text.

## To Insert a Frame

1. Select the text that you want to include in the frame.

2. Choose Insert - Frame, and click OK.

## To Edit a Frame

- To edit the contents of a frame, click in the frame, and make the changes that you want.

- To edit a frame, select the frame, right-click, and then choose a formatting option. You can also right-click the selected frame, and choose Frame.

- To resize a frame, click an edge of the frame, and drag one of the edges or corners of the frame. Hold down Shift while you drag to maintain the proportion of the frame.

## To Hide Text From Printing

Any Writer frame can be set to a mode which allows viewing the text on screen, but hides the text from printing.

1. Select the frame (you see the eight handles).

2. Choose Format - Frame and Object - Properties - Options.

3. In the Properties area, unmark the Print check box and click OK.

## To Link Frames

You can link Writer frames so that their contents automatically flow from one frame to another.

1. Click the edge of a frame that you want to link. Selection handles appear on the edges of the frame.

2. On the Frame Bar, click the Link Frames icon .

3. Click the frame that you want to link to.

You can only link frames if:

- The target frame is empty.

- The target frame is not linked to another frame.

- The source and the target frames are in the same section. For example, you cannot link a header frame to a footer frame.

- The source frame does not have a next link.

- The target or the source frame are not contained in each other.

When you select a linked frame, a line is displayed that connects the linked frames.

The AutoSize feature is available only for the last frame in a chain of linked frames.

Related Topics

Emphasizing Text

Using a Frame to Center Text on a Page

Inserting an Entire Text Document

Using Toolbars