2019

TEXT AND TYPOGRAPHY
226 | A Guide to QuarkXPress 2019
To apply text runaround to a picture box in front of a text box, select the picture
box, use the Runaround tab of the Measurements palette and choose an option
from the Type drop-down menu:
To apply text runaround to a picture component in front of a text box, select the
picture component, choose Style > Picture, click the Runaround tab, and then
choose an option from the Type drop-down menu:
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).
Choose Same As Clipping to set the text runaround path to the clipping path •
selected in the Clipping tab.
Choose Picture Bounds to run text around the rectangular “canvas area” of the •
imported picture file. This includes any white background areas saved with your
original picture file. Enter values in the Top, Left, Bottom, and Right fields to
determine the outset or inset of the text from the picture’s boundaries.
To apply text runaround to a picture box in front of a text box, select the picture
box, use the Runaround tab of the Measurements palette.
Fine-tuning a runaround path
When you choose Auto Image, Embedded Path, Alpha Channel, Non-White
Areas, or Same As Clipping from the Type drop-down menu in the Runaround
tab of the Measurements palette, the following fields let you manipulate the
runaround path:
Outset changes the size of the runaround path. Positive values result in a 1.
runaround path that is further from the original setting, negative values
decrease the amount of image included in the runaround path.
Noise lets you specify the smallest allowable closed path. Any closed path 2.
smaller than the noise value is ignored. Noise values are useful for cleaning up
runaround paths and making them easier to output.