Adobe InDesign CS2

Using Text Wrap

Text Wrap allows you to shape your text around an object in a number of ways so that you can place an object anywhere in a text block. If you no longer want to use text wrap around an object it can easily be removed.

Text Wrap Options
Wrapping Text to a Standard Boundary
Wrapping Text to a Custom Shape
Removing Text Wrap

Text Wrap Options

You have five options when wrapping text around an object. The options offered by InDesign are described here. Each one will achieve a slightly different effect in your publication.

Button	Function	Description
	No Text Wrap	Uses no text wrapping. Text will be displayed on top of or underneath the object (depending on the stack order).
	Wrap Around Bounding Box	Creates a rectangular text wrap, regardless of the shape of the selected object.
	Wrap Around Object Shape	Creates a text wrap boundary with the same shape as the selected object.
	Jump Object	Moves text from the right and left of the object's text wrap boundary to the area above and below the boundary.
	Jump to Next Column	Moves text from beside or below the object to the top of the next column or text frame.

Wrapping Text to a Standard Boundary

The options Wrap Around Bounding Box, Jump Object, and Jump to Next Column observe the standard rectangular boundary of the object that text is being wrapped around.

In the Toolbox, click SELECTION TOOL
Select the object
If the Text Wrap palette is not displayed, from the Window menu, select Text Wrap
The Text Wrap palette appears.
Select the desired Text Wrap option
For a description of options, refer to Text Wrap Options.
To set the space between the text and the object (offset distance), in the Text Wrap palette, in the Top Offset, Left Offset, Bottom Offset, and Right Offset text boxes, type the desired values
NOTES:
To move text away from the edges of the frame, use positive numbers.
To move text closer to the edges of the frame, use negative numbers.
For the offset distances to take effect, press [Enter]
OPTIONAL: Close the Text Wrap palette

Wrapping Text to a Custom Shape

The option Wrap Around Object Shape allows you to customize the boundary that text wraps to, giving the wrapped text edge the same contour as the shape it wraps to. The boundary is customized by adding anchor points (i.e., additional handles) that can be dragged to mirror the edge of the shape.

In the Toolbox, click DIRECT SELECTION TOOL
Select the object
To set additional anchor points,
1. In the Toolbox, click ADD ANCHOR POINT TOOL
2. Click along the boundary of the image/object
To remove anchor points,
1. In the Toolbox, click DELETE ANCHOR POINT TOOL
2. Click the anchor points you want to remove
To shape the boundary of the object to the desired contour,
1. In the Toolbox, click DIRECT SELECTION TOOL
2. Click and drag the anchor points to the desired position
Repeat steps 3 - 5 until the boundary is of the desired shape
If the Text Wrap palette is not displayed, from the Window menu, select Text Wrap
The Text Wrap palette appears.
Select Wrap Around Object Shape
To set the space between the text and the object (offset distance), in the Text Wrap palette, in the Top Offset, text box, type the desired value
NOTES:
You can only enter one offset value. This value is used for all sides of the text wrap.
To move text away from the edges of the boundary, use positive numbers.
To move text closer to the edges of the frame, use negative numbers.
From the Type pull-down list, select the desired wrap style
NOTE: This option is only available with placed graphics.
EXAMPLE: Shown here is Same As Clipping
For the text wrap to take effect, press [Enter]
OPTIONAL: Close the Text Wrap palette

Removing Text Wrap

If you no longer want to use a text wrap around an object, it can be removed.

In the Toolbox, click SELECTION TOOLor DIRECT SELECTION TOOL
Select the object
If the Text Wrap palette is not displayed, from the Window menu, select Text Wrap
The Text Wrap palette appears.
Select No Text Wrap
OPTIONAL: Close the Text Wrap palette