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Wrapping text around pictures – Apple AppleWorks 5 : Mac OS User Manual

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Once you add an object, you can change how it’s placed in text.

Aligning inline objects To move any inline object (except equations) above or
below the baseline of the text, double-click the object. In the Descent dialog
box, type the number of points (between –255 and 255) you want the object
to move. Type a positive number to move the object below the line of text,
or type a negative number to move it above the line of text.

Wrapping text around pictures

You can wrap text so that it flows around a picture or frame—either in a
rectangular shape or around the contours of the object.

To change

Do this

A floating object to an inline object

Select the arrow pointer

in the tool panel and

select the floating object. Choose Cut or Copy from
the Edit menu, and then select the text tool

in

the tool panel. Then place the insertion point in
the text and choose Paste from the Edit menu.

An inline object to a floating object

Select the text tool

in the tool panel and select

the inline object. Choose Cut or Copy from the Edit
menu, and then select the arrow pointer

.

Then choose Paste from the Edit menu.

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Choose Index from the

or Help menu and scroll to the entry. Then choose a topic from

the list and click Go To Topic.

In the Help index,

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see:

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text wrap

Picture placed as an object with
text wrapped around it