How many times have you put a box around a paragraph, or several paragraphs, and then moved just the text instead of the whole thing.
Wouldn't it be good if PageMaker had a system for boxed paragraphs in the way you can have rules above and below paragraphs?
Well it can!
Just think how that can be used for example in classified columns, so that you can have one file with run-on and boxed classifieds and run them in as a single unit.
In editorial, you could have a boxed byline as a single unit, with no more fears of moving the box without the text, or vice-versa.
But how?
You can draw a box, cut it, then change to the text tool and paste it in as an in-line graphic, but the text drops to below the box.
The trick is to make the box an in-line graphic, in a paragraph of its own, and then make the leading zero.
The box is in a paragraph that has no dimension, and, obeying the usual rule of in-line graphics, it hangs from the top of that paragraph, so that it appears to hang down into the text beneath.
You may have to grab it on the line (between nodes) and pull it down to align correctly.
You can still click on the box graphic, to adjust its depth and width as you wish, although, again, as with all in-line graphics, if it is too wide for the column, it will hang over beyond the right margin, no matter what alignment you give it.
An extension of the trick would be to give zero leading box a style tag of its own.
You could perhaps use a point or two leading which will allow you to use a two-point rule without making the type too tight.
You may also decide to use the Keep with next setting on in the Paragraph settings. This will ensure that if the box gets too close to the bottom of a column, it and the following par will jump to the next column if you have Autoflow switched on.
Now, when you place a box and adjust the text earlier in the column, or in a previous column, as your text adjusts, so the boxed par will adjust with it.
You can do the same with a tint, but you have to set the tint before cutting and pasting it as an inline graphic. Otherwise, if you click on the graphic and set the tint it will lay over the text, and you do not have access to the Send to back menu selection.
I am sure there are many other uses.