Adobe InDesign CS4 - Manual (Page 221)

213 USING INDESIGN CS4
Combining text and objects
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.
1 To display the Text Wrap panel, choose Window > Text Wrap.
2 Select an imported image, and in the Text Wrap panel, click Wrap Around Object Shape .
3 Specify offset values. Positive values move the wrap away from the frame; negative values move the wrap within the
frame.
4 Choose Show Options from the Text Wrap panel menu to display additional options.
5 From the Type menu, choose a contour option:
Bounding Box Wraps text to the rectangle formed by the image’s height and width.
Detect Edges Generates the boundary using automatic edge detection. (To adjust edge detection, select the object and
choose Object > Clipping Path > Options.)
Alpha Channel Generates the boundary from an alpha channel saved with the image. If this option isn’t available, no
alpha channels were saved with the image. InDesign recognizes the default transparency in Adobe Photoshop (the
checkerboard pattern) as an alpha channel; you must otherwise use Photoshop to delete the background or create and
save one or more alpha channels with the image.
Photoshop Path Generates the boundary from a path saved with the image. Choose Photoshop Path, and then choose
a path from the Path menu. If the Photoshop Path option isn’t available, no named paths were saved with the image.
Graphic Frame Generates the boundary from the container frame.
Same As Clipping Generates the boundary from the imported image’s clipping path.
6 To let text appear inside “holes” of an image, such as the inside of a tire image, select Include Inside Edges.
Include Inside Edges off (left) and on (right)
Create an inverted text wrap
1 Using the Selection tool or Direct Selection tool , select an object, such as a compound path, that will allow
text to wrap inside it.
2 To display the Text Wrap panel, choose Window > Text Wrap.
3 Apply a text wrap to an object, and select the Invert option. Invert is commonly used with the Object Shape text wrap.
Updated 18 June 2009