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Running text around text boxes
To apply text runaround to a text box in front of another text box, select the front text
box, and then:
• (Windows only): Choose Item > Runaround, and then choose an option from the Type
drop-down menu:
• Choose None to run text behind an active text box.
• Choose Item to run text around an active text box. If the text box is rectangular, enter
values in the Top, Left, Bottom, and Right fields to outset or inset the runaround area.
If the text box is not rectangular, a single Outset field is provided.
• (Mac OS X only): User the Runaround tab of the Measurements palette.
Running text around pictures
Image editing applications can embed paths and alpha channels in an image. A path is a
smooth Bézier shape, whereas an alpha channel is usually a grayscale image. Both paths
and alpha channels are typically used to determine which parts of an image should be
shown and which parts should be hidden or transparent.
If you import a picture that has an embedded path or alpha channel, you can use that
path or alpha channel to control the way text runs around that picture. More specifically:
The application can scan a path or channels and create a text runaround path based on
the information.
To apply text runaround to a picture box in front of a text box, select the picture box, on
Windows choose Item > Runaround, and then choose an option from the Type drop-down
menu. On Mac OS X use the Runaround tab of the Measurements palette:
• Choose None to run text behind the active picture component.
• Choose Item to run text around the picture component's boundaries. If the picture
component is rectangular, enter values in the Top, Left, Bottom, and Right fields to outset
or inset the runaround area. If the picture component is not rectangular, a single Outset
field is provided.
• Choose Auto Image to create a Bézier clipping and runaround path based on the picture's
non-white areas.
• Choose Embedded Path to run text around a path embedded in an image by an
image-editing application.
• Choose Alpha Channel to run text around an alpha channel embedded in an image by
an image-editing application.
• Choose Non-White Areas to create a runaround path based on the picture's subject.
Depending on the value in the Threshold field, the runaround path will outline a dark
figure within a larger white or near-white background (or vice versa).
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