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                <br clear="both" /><div id="minitoc"><div class="t"><div class="b"><div class="l"><div class="r"><div class="bl"><div class="br"><div class="tl"><div class="tr"><div><h3>Contents [<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMiniToc('minitoc-links', this);" class="hideLink">Hide</a>]</h3><ul id="minitoc-links"><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c59a"><h3 class="topictitle3">Wrap text around objects</h3>
</a></p><ul><li><p><a href="#WS17AB4A7F-CCE1-4901-9DA5-FDB7ACE9CECDa"><h4 class="topictitle4">Wrap text around simple objects</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c57a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Wrap text around imported images</h4>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c59a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c59a"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Wrap text around objects</h2><div><div class="section"><p>You
can wrap text around any object, including text frames, imported
images, and objects you draw in InDesign. When you apply a text
wrap to&#160;an object, InDesign creates a boundary around the
object that repels text. The object that text wraps around is called
the <dfn class="term">wrap object</dfn>. Keep in mind that text wrap options apply
to the object being wrapped, not the text itself. Any change to
the wrap boundary will remain if you move the wrap object near a
different text frame.</p>
<p>For a video on using text wrap, see <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/vid0079" target="_blank">www.adobe.com/go/vid0079</a>.</p>
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</div><div id="WS17AB4A7F-CCE1-4901-9DA5-FDB7ACE9CECDa" class="nochunk"><a name="WS17AB4A7F-CCE1-4901-9DA5-FDB7ACE9CECDa"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Wrap text around simple objects</h3><div><ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>To display the Text Wrap panel, choose Window&#160;&gt;
Text Wrap.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Using the Selection tool&#160;<img src="images/P_Select_Lg_N.png" /> or
Direct Selection tool&#160;<img src="images/P_AnchorSelect_Lg_N.png" />, select
the object you want to wrap text around.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>In the Text Wrap panel, click the desired wrap shape:</span> <div class="para"><dl><dt class="dlterm">Wrap Around Bounding Box&#160;<img src="images/P_TextWrapAroundBoundingBox.png" /></dt>
<dd>Creates
a rectangular wrap whose width and height are determined by the
bounding box of the selected object, including any offset distances
you specify.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Wrap Around Object Shape&#160;<img src="images/P_TextWrapAroundObject_Md_.png" /></dt>
<dd>Also known as <dfn class="term">contour wrapping</dfn>, creates a text wrap
boundary that is the same shape as the frame you’ve selected (plus
or minus any offset distances you specify).<div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="tg_17" src="images/tg_17.png" /><div class="figdesc">Wrap Around Bounding Box setting (left) compared to Wrap Around
Object Shape setting (right)</div><br /></div></dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Jump Object&#160;<img src="images/P_TextJumpObject_Md_N.png" /></dt>
<dd>Keeps text from appearing in&#160;any available space
to the right or left of the&#160;frame.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Jump To Next Column&#160;&#160;<img src="images/P_TextJumpToNextColumn_Md_.png" /></dt>
<dd>Forces the surrounding paragraph to the top of the next column
or text frame.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
</div>
</li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span> 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.)</span> <p>This option is available only if you selected Wrap Around
Bounding Box or Wrap Around Object Shape.</p>
<div class="para"><div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="tg_wrapoption" src="images/tg_wrapoption.png" /><div class="figdesc">Wrap To options</div><br /><dl><dt class="dlterm">A.</dt>
<dd>Both right and left sides</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">B.</dt>
<dd>Side towards
spine</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">C.</dt>
<dd>Side away from spine</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
</div></div>
</li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Specify offset values. Positive values move the wrap
away from the frame; negative values move the wrap within the frame.</span></li>
</ol>
<div class="section"><p>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.</p>
<p>Text frames inside a group aren’t affected
by a text wrap you apply to the group.</p>
<div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />To
set default text wrap options for all new objects,&#160;deselect
all objects and then specify text wrap settings.</div></div>
</div></div><div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c57a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c57a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Wrap text around imported images</h3><div><div class="section"><p>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. </p>
</div>
<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>To display the Text Wrap panel, choose Window&#160;&gt;
Text Wrap.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Select an imported image, and in the Text Wrap panel,
click Wrap Around Object Shape&#160;<img src="images/wraparound_shape_N.png" />. </span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Specify offset values. Positive values move the wrap
away from the frame; negative values move the wrap within the frame.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Choose Show Options from the Text Wrap panel menu to
display additional options.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>From the Type menu, choose a contour option:</span> <div class="para"><dl><dt class="dlterm">Bounding Box</dt>
<dd>Wraps text to the rectangle formed by the image’s height
and width.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">Detect Edges</dt>
<dd>Generates
the boundary using automatic edge detection. (To adjust edge detection,
select the object and choose Object&#160;&gt; Clipping Path&#160;&gt; Options.)</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">Alpha Channel</dt>
<dd>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.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">Photoshop Path</dt>
<dd>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.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">Graphic Frame</dt>
<dd>Generates the boundary from the container frame.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">Same As Clipping</dt>
<dd>Generates the boundary from the imported image’s clipping path.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
</div>
</li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>To let text appear inside “holes” of an image, such as
the inside of a tire image, select Include Inside Edges.</span></li>
</ol>
<div class="section"><div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="tg_18" src="images/tg_18.png" /><div class="figdesc">Include Inside Edges off (left) and on (right)</div><br /></div></div>
</div></div><div id="WS469E9BFD-6F18-4310-B481-050D0DC5D47Ea" class="nochunk"><a name="WS469E9BFD-6F18-4310-B481-050D0DC5D47Ea"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Create an inverted text wrap</h3><div><ol><li><span>Using
the Selection tool&#160;<img src="images/P_Select_Lg_N.png" /> or
Direct Selection tool&#160;<img src="images/P_AnchorSelect_Lg_N.png" />, select
an object, such as a compound path, that will allow text to wrap
inside it.</span></li>
<li><span>To display the Text Wrap panel, choose Window&#160;&gt;
Text Wrap.</span></li>
<li><span>Apply a text wrap to an object, and select the Invert
option. Invert is commonly used with the Object Shape text wrap.</span></li>
</ol>
<div class="section"><div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="tg_19" src="images/tg_19.png" /><div class="figdesc">Object Shape text wrap (left) and with Invert option selected
(right)</div><br /></div></div>
</div></div></div>
<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c54a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c54a"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Change the shape of a text wrap</h2><div><ol><li><span>Using the Direct Selection tool&#160;<img src="images/P_AnchorSelect_Lg_N.png" />, select
an object that has a text wrap applied to it. If the text wrap boundary
is the same shape as the object, the boundary is superimposed on
the object.</span></li>
<li><span>Do any of the following:</span><ul><li><p>To uniformly change the distance between
the text and wrap object, specify offset values in the Text Wrap
panel.</p>
</li>
<li><p>To edit the text wrap boundary, use the Pen tool&#160;<img src="images/P_VectorDraw_Lg_N.png" /> and
Direct Selection tool.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<div class="section"><div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="tg_20" src="images/tg_20.png" /><div class="figdesc">Editing text wrap boundary</div><br /></div><p>If you manually
change the shape of a text wrap path, User-Modified Path is selected
in the Type menu and remains dimmed in the menu. This indicates
that the path of the shape has changed. </p>
<div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />If
you want to use the original clipping path rather than the edited
text wrap boundary, choose Same As Clipping from the Type menu in
the Text Wrap panel.</div></div>
</div></div>
<div id="WSACA05589-8FC0-41ec-BEA4-AD0F857385E0a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSACA05589-8FC0-41ec-BEA4-AD0F857385E0a"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Apply text wrap on master page items</h2><div><div class="section"><p>If the Apply To Master Page Only option is selected,
you must override a master page item on a document page to wrap
text around it. If this option is deselected, text on both master
pages and document pages can wrap around the master page items without
the master page items being overridden.</p>
</div>
<ol><li><span>Select the object on the master page.</span></li>
<li><span>From the Text Wrap panel menu, select or deselect Apply
To Master Page Only.</span></li>
</ol>
<div class="section"><p>This option is available only when an object on a master
page is selected and has a wrap applied to it.</p>
</div>
</div></div>
<div id="WS5367F8EE-48AF-482d-8379-9FBF9C1223EAa" class="nochunk"><a name="WS5367F8EE-48AF-482d-8379-9FBF9C1223EAa"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Wrapping text around anchored objects</h2><div><p>If you apply text wrap
to an anchored object, the wrap affect the lines of text in the
story that follow the anchor marker. The paragraph containing the
object is set to Single-line Composer. However, the wrap doesn’t
affect the line of text that includes the anchor marker or any lines
before it.</p>
<p>When you paste an object as an inline object, its text wrap boundaries
are preserved.</p>
</div></div>
<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c53a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c53a"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Suppress text wrap on hidden layers</h2><div><div class="section"><p>When you hide a layer that contains a wrap
object, the text frames on other layers wrap around the object,
unless you select the Suppress Text Wrap When Layer Is Hidden option
in the Layer Options dialog box. If this option is selected, hiding
a layer can cause text on other layers to be recomposed.</p>
</div>
<ol><li><span>In the Layers panel, double-click the layer that
contains the wrap object.</span></li>
<li><span>Select Suppress Text Wrap When Layer Is Hidden.</span></li>
</ol>
</div></div>
<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c51a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c51a"></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Justify text next to wrap objects</h2><div><div class="section"><p>When you specify how text is justified
next to wrap objects, the change applies to the entire document.</p>
</div>
<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Choose Edit&#160;&gt; Preferences&#160;&gt;
Composition (Windows) or InDesign&#160;&gt; Preferences&#160;&gt;
Composition (Mac&#160;OS).</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Select one of the following options, and click&#160;OK:</span> <div class="para"><dl><dt class="dlterm">Justify Text Next To An Object</dt>
<dd>Justifies text next to wrap objects that separate a column
of text. This setting takes effect only when the text wrap completely interrupts
lines of text so that each line is divided into two or more parts. <div class="fignone"><a href="#" onclick="return showHideImage('tg_ComboWrapJustify', this);">View full size graphic</a><img alt="" id="tg_ComboWrapJustify" src="images/tg_ComboWrapJustify.png" /><div class="figdesc">Justify Text Next To An Object</div><br /><dl><dt class="dlterm">A.</dt>
<dd>Option turned off</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">B.</dt>
<dd>Option
turned on</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
</div></dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">Skip By Leading</dt>
<dd>Moves wrapped text to the next available leading increment below
a text-wrapped object. If this option isn’t selected, lines of text
may jump below an object in a way that prevents text from lining
up with text in neighboring columns or text frames. Selecting this
option is especially useful when you want to make sure that the
text aligns to the baseline grid.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">Text Wrap Only Affects Text Beneath</dt>
<dd>Text stacked above the wrapped object isn’t affected by the
text wrap. Stacking order is determined by layer position in the
Layers panel and by the stacking order of objects on a layer.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
</div>
</li>
</ol>
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wrap in a text frame. For example, you may want one text frame to
wrap around an image, but you may want a different text frame to
appear within the image.</p>
</div>
<ol><li><span>Select the text frame, and choose Object&#160;&gt;
Text Frame Options.</span></li>
<li><span>Select Ignore Text Wrap, and click&#160;OK.</span></li>
</ol>
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