Datasheet

e Text Wrap panel lets you control how
text wraps around an object. Here, the text
wraps around the le side of the image’s
transparency mask.
You can edit the shape of the text wrap with
the Direct Selection tool.
You can reposition a selected guide
by dragging it, using the arrow keys
on your keyboard, or entering an X
or Y value in the Control panel. You
can also delete, lock, cut, copy, or
paste guides like any other object.
e Grids & Guides menu (View >
Grids & Guides) provides several
commands for showing, hiding,
locking, and snapping objects to
gridlines and guidelines.
InDesign also oers Smart Guides,
which appear automatically as you
drag, rotate, or resize objects on your
page. Smart Guides help you align
and distribute objects by giving you
real-time feedback about the object
you’re moving and its relation to
other objects on the page. You can
enable or disable Smart Guides by
choosing View > Grids & Guides >
Smart Guides.
Text wrap
In QuarkXPress, you use the
Runaround controls in the Modify
dialog box to control the ow of text
around an object; in InDesign, you
use the Text Wrap panel (Window >
Text Wrap).
Select an icon at the top of the Text
Wrap panel to indicate how text
will ow when the selected object
overlaps a text frame: No Text Wrap,
Wrap Around Bounding Box, Wrap
Tip:
PREVENTING TEXT WRAP
To prevent text in a frame from wrap-
ping around an object with a text wrap,
select the text frame, choose Object >
Text Frame Options, and then select
Ignore Text Wrap.
Around Object Shape, Jump Object,
or Jump To Next Column.
If you choose Wrap Around Object
Shape, and the object is a graphic
with a transparent background, you
may want to choose Detect Edges,
Photoshop Path, Alpha Channel,
or Same As Clipping from the Type
pop-up menu in the panel. ese
allow the text wrap to ow around
the nonrectangular graphic.
InDesign normally allows text to
wrap on both sides of an object. You
can change this behavior in the Wrap
To pop-up menu. e options are
Right Side, Le Side, Both Right &
e selected object is a native Photoshop
image with a transparent background. Note
that the text is on a layer above the image.
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