From the course: InDesign: Elements of a Layout
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Text wrap - InDesign Tutorial
From the course: InDesign: Elements of a Layout
Text wrap
- [Voiceover] Let's take a look at some examples of what we can do with text wraps and irregular picture shapes. Text wraps around cut out images create an interaction between the text and image and can make for more dynamic layouts. Irregular shapes allow us to get away from the appearance of everything being in a box. Be careful when creating the text wrap not to narrow the text column too much, or you'll create a problem of bad word spacing or uneven wraps. Text wraps often work best when they are subtle rather than intrusive. In the layout in progress, I'm going to come to the second spread by pressing Option or Alt and my Page Down and add a couple of pictures down at the bottom right on the right-hand page above the side bar article. So I'll increase my view size of that portion of the page. In the previous movie I placed two images on the pictures layer. In this case the pictures will need to go on the text layer because they need to be above the side bar in the stacking order.…
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