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This is what we'll create in this episode: a two-column article with a photo centered and automatically wrapped by text, complete with neat spacing. Let's get started. Hello, welcome back to the Complete Adobe InDesign Series from Cerdas Inovasi Digital. When a photo is placed on top of a text frame, the photo will cover the text. Text wrap makes the text avoid the photo and flow around it.
Open the article file. The tea garden photo is centered on the page and covers part of the text in both columns. The covered sentences are not readable, so we need text wrap.
Select the photo with the Selection Tool, then open the Text Wrap panel with Alt-Control-W. The icons above are types of text wrap, no text wrap, wrap around bounding box, wrap around object shape, object snap, and snap to next column.
Click the wrap around bounding box icon. The text immediately avoids the photo box and flows on the left and right sides. The previously covered sentences are now visible above, beside, and below the photo.
The text is still too close to the photo. Make sure the chain icon is active to have equal spacing on all four sides, then fill the top offset with 4mm. Now there is a generous gap between the photo and the text.
In the text wrap options, the wrap 2 option determines which sides the text flows around. Both right and left side dash, right side, left side, or largest area. For a photo centered in two columns, select both right and left side dash.
Move the photo to a new position. The text immediately rearranges itself to follow the new position of the photo. Text wrap is a property of the photo, so it follows wherever the photo is moved.
Done. We have opened the text wrap panel, used wrap around bounding box, adjusted the offset with the chain icon, selected the wrap option, and see the text follow along with the photo. In the next episode, we'll create text that follows the shape of a circular photo using the 'Around Object Shape' option. Need a magazine, book, brochure, product catalog, company profile, or annual report layout design? Cerdas Inovasi Digital provides layout and print design services, as well as open InDesign courses from beginner to advanced levels. Want to master the entire series? 104 episodes covering the interface up to magazine and book projects? All episodes, complete with step-by-step PDF guides, practice files, and project files, are available to premium tutorial subscribers. Subscribe starting at Rp69.000 per month, save 28% with the 12-month package, or pay once Rp999.000 for lifetime access. Want just one class? Buy a single class with lifetime access. Subscribe now at the premium page cerdasinovasidigital.com Contact us via WhatsApp, or visit cerdasinovasidigital.com Thank you for watching, see you in the next episode.
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