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You are confusing me. You first complain about the figures getting distorted by the cell you place them in. Now you mention that with my suggestion the figures are not automatically resized to match the arrangement in the frame. What is it that you really want? How many figures are you putting together? What type of figures are they? (Are they graphic files or drawings that are not files?) If graphic files, what type are they? (JPG, FIG, PNG, etc.) What space limitations are there? Do the figures usually need to be reduced in size to fit on the page? How much? Can I arrange 4 figures in one frame in a 2 row by two column arrangement? Easily. Since the figures are anchored as a character, 2 figures can be placed side by side as I described. Then with the cursor at the right side of the second figure, type the Enter key to create a new line. Add figures # 3 and 4 the same way figures #1 and 2 were added in the beginning. In my writing, I have one frame that has 3 figures in a frame (all three are in the same row. I look forward to seeing your more detailed explanation of your problem.

--Dan

On 09/26/2012 03:37 AM, Agustin Lobo wrote:
This solution looks pretty inconvenient, as the figures are not
automatically resized to match the
defined arrangement in the frame. Or am I missing something?
Also, according to your explanation, I do not see how you can arrange
4 figures in a, for example, 2 x 2 distribution.
When you say
"The figure is anchored as a character. This permits me to place two
figures into the frame and have the figures centered."
I presume this is only to put 2 figures in a 2 rows x 1 column arrangement.
Am I wrong? If so, could you explain how to arrange 4 figures as 2
rows x 2 columns in the page?

Thanks

Agus

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Dan Lewis <elderdanlewis@gmail.com> wrote:
On 09/25/2012 10:23 AM, Agustin Lobo wrote:
I apologize again. This is my original question:

I normally use tables to arrange figures within a page (i.e., a 2col x
1 row for 2 figures) The problem is that normally figures get reshaped
(and distorted) to fit the cell, while what I would like is to get the
cell shape to fit the figure. How can I do it?
Also, is there a better way to arrange figures in a page?
I've tried using columns, but I have the same problem: figures get
reshaped and do not keep their width x height ratio.

Thanks


On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
Hi :)
Oops.  I'm not easily confused but isn't this confusing?  Errrr, what was
the question again?  I mean the unanswered one not the one you solved
without our 'help'
Regards from
Tom :)
      My previous reply may have an error in it: the part about Position and
Size. If a figure is a drawing of some type, you need to know its
dimensions. Then you can select the size of the frame to match its size. If
the figure is a graphics file, you can insert it into the frame. Then right
click it. Select Picture from the context menu. When the Picture dialog
opens, click the Original Size button. The the Height and Width boxes
reveals what the original size is. Then change the size of the frame to
match.

--Dan


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