Proposal for a baseline alignement of frames.

[Michael Brauer - Sun Germany - ham02 - Hamburg <Michael.Brauer@Sun.COM>]

Dear TC members,

the ODF specification already has the two attributes style:vertical-pos 
and style:vertical-rel that specify how frames (text boxes, embedded 
objects, etc.) are positioned (sections 15.27.11 and 15.27.12). For 
frames that are bound as character (i.e. that are considered to be a 
character in the text flow by the layout, rather than as a frame that 
appears outside the text flow), there is already an option to align the
top center or bottom of the frame with the baseline of the surrounding 
text. What is missing however is an option to align the baseline of the 
frame (if it has one) with the baseline of the surrounding text. This is 
often requested for embedded formulas. For this reason, I'm proposing to 
add a new "baseline" value to the "style:vertical-pos" attribute 
specified in section 15.27.11. It description shall be as follows:

"baseline" specifies that the baseline of the frame is aligned with the 
baseline of the related area. "baseline" is only supported by frames 
that are anchored as character. If the frame does not have a baseline, 
"baseline" behaves like "bottom".

Best regards

Michael

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