Wrap text around imported images – Adobe InDesign CC 2015 User Manual
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Keeps text from appearing in any available space to the right or left of the frame.
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Forces the surrounding paragraph to the top of the next column or text frame.
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From the Wrap To menu, specify whether the wrap is applied to a specific side (such as the right side or largest area)
or towards or away from the spine. (If you don’t see the Wrap To menu, choose Show Options from the Text Wrap
panel menu.)
This option is available only if you selected Wrap Around Bounding Box or Wrap Around Object Shape.
A Both right and left sides B Side towards spine C Side away from spine
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Specify offset values. Positive values move the wrap away from the frame; negative values move the wrap within the
frame.
If you can’t get the text to wrap around an image, make sure that Ignore Text Wrap isn’t selected for the text frame that
doesn’t wrap. Also, if Text Wrap Only Affects Text Beneath is selected in Composition preferences, make sure that the
text frame is beneath the wrap object.
Text frames inside a group aren’t affected by a text wrap you apply to the group.
To set default text wrap options for all new objects, deselect all objects and then specify text wrap settings.
Wrap text around imported images
To wrap text around an imported image, save the clipping path in the application where you created the image, if
possible. When you place the image in InDesign, select the Apply Photoshop Clipping Path option in the Image Import
Options dialog box.
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To display the Text Wrap panel, choose Window > Text Wrap.
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Select an imported image, and in the Text Wrap panel, click Wrap Around Object Shape
.
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Specify offset values. Positive values move the wrap away from the frame; negative values move the wrap within the
frame.
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Choose Show Options from the Text Wrap panel menu to display additional options.
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From the Type menu, choose a contour option: