Flow of text/image for a user manual

Greetings. I'm working on a layout for a user manual. I encountered a problem with the flow of text and images in many cases where the instructions of the manual to a step by step format. Please see the screenshot at the end of the post.

You will see in the bottom half of the page one of these sequences step by step starts. The 1st image is related to step 1 and 2 in step 2. I want the image to align with the capline of the 1st sentence at each stage and the image must stay in line on the right and the left-aligned text. Here's where I have problems: I don't want to give a space - after replacing every step in order to align the next step with the next image.

I tried to put the image inline with the text and by aligning his right of paragraph but then I can't align the image with the capline of the 1st sentence in step; the image is before or after the line of text. I also tried dressing jump object, but which becomes immediately problematic when a stage has several lines of text.

What is the best practice here? I think I lack something real simple. Also, if it's important I have an author on InCopy assignments of edition we're going.

Screen-Shot.jpg

Try following:

You need:

  • 2 paragraph styles
  • 1 object model for image
  1. Specify a paragraph for the numbered list Style as stated above. (But it can be any other model also) I call it 'the list '.
  2. Specify where the image is embedded in a paragraph Style. I call it 'Anchor Image'
    1. Left, the intention is wide the first character to be so far to the right, that this is in the area of the image, would make so vast that it is near the right edge, for example if the frame is 200 mm, you can do left intend 198 mm
    2. The size is not serious, in the example, it is 0.1pt, 0, driving, before 0space and after.
    3. Keep options: Keep with 10 lines (or whatever the number is useful.)
    4. Insert the frame anchored in this paragraph
  3. The style of the object must have following properties:
    1. Text wrapping, I did it with 1 p to the left and to the right, 0mm above and below the rectangle shape
    2. Anchored the position of the image: right 0mm to the right vertical edge, specify a distance between the upper edge of the frame on the insertion will be always to the desired line at the top of the page of the reference.

The wrapping of the text of the framework will force the number text (with the style of paragraph 'List' of the film, but also the next holder of the anchor with the paragraph style 'Anchor Image' to wrap.) Because the left for the anchoring of the Image style of paragraph is far to the right it will require to start after the space of the image below. Because the font sizes of this paragraph are so small, it will not appear, and you can specify the minimum vertical distance between a number o the previous image with text list encapsulate parameters, you might get closer with negative after space. As an anchor image contains no text, it is not a problem.

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