InDesign and Text Wrap

InDesign and Text Wrap...

Working with InDesign and Text Wrap gives your layouts extra polish. In addition to simply placing images and text on the page there are times when you want your text to flow around image and the text to have a certain amount of outset around the image frame. This means using text wrap in the layout or spread. In this post we take a look at how text frames and image frames can interact to produce professional looking layouts and spreads.

So what makes a good wrap?...

Flexibiliy and making sure your offset has the right space. Too much or too little space will ruin a good looking wrap and spoil the overall look of the layout. InDesign provides you with a number of text wrap options but in this post we are looking at two specific ones, 'Around the Shape' and 'Around the Bounding Box'

How to wrap text...

Go to the object or image to want text to wrap around using one of the Selection Tools
Go to the Window Menu >Text Wrap
Choose the required wrap option (in this instance) Wrap Around the Bounding Box (as shown below - second icon in from the left)

This will initiate a a box wrap around the object /images bounding box

Set the Outset Wrap by adjusting the box spinners (to change from 'Make all settings the same' - click on the Link icon as shown below)

Text Wrap Options

Wrap Around Bounding Box - This creates a rectangular wrap where width & height come from the box (bounding box) around the image.

Wrap Around Object Shape - Contour wrapping creates text wrap around the box (bounding box) the same shape as the selected frame (offset distances are specified you)

Jump Object - Stops text wrapping to either the left or the right of the image frame

Jump to Next Obect - Stops text showing in space either to the right or left of the image frame.

Jump to the Next Column - Pushes the text to the top of the next frame or column

Example of Text Wrap around Bounding Box...

The centre red border around the image is known as a bounding box because it binds the content inside the frame. The outer, thinner red border is the text wrap with the Make all Settings the Same' selected.

Note! You can opt to choose which settings you wish to to change by deselecting this and just adjusting one check box

Wrap Options

These determine how the text wraps around the image

Custom text wrap to an InDesign Bounding Box...

Onsite Adobe InDeign Courses Info..

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