How to Wrap Text Around an Object Using Adobe’s InDesign

You are designing the layout for a publication and want to place an image in the document. Since the overlapping image is covering the text, you must wrap or contour the text around the image. Follow this process to arrange text and images on a page.

1. Open an Adobe InDesign document from the File menu or Welcome screen. The document should have at least one paragraph of text.
2. Step 2

   Select “Place” from the File menu. Locate the image you want to insert into the document. Uncheck the “Replace Selected Item” box. Click “Open.” Click the spot on the page where you want to insert the image.

3. Step 3

   Activate the “Scale” tool from the Tools box to resize the image, if necessary.

4. Step 4

   Activate the “Selection Tool” from the Tools box or press “V” on the keyboard.

5. Step 5

   Select “Text Wrap” from the Window menu to open the Text Wrap palette.

6. Step 6

   The following methods are available for wrapping text around an image.

   WRAP AROUND BOUNDING BOX – Use this option to wrap text around the edge of the object’s rectangular border.

   WRAP AROUND OBJECT SHAPE – Use this option to contour text around shape of the object inside the rectangular border. Select DETECT EDGES from the Contour Options Type field.

   JUMP OBJECT – Use this option to prevent text from wrapping around the left and right sides of the image.

   JUMP TO NEXT COLUMN – Use this option to detach all text below the image and place it into the next column.

   OFFSET VALUES – Use these options to determine the amount of white space between the image and the text.