InDesign How-To: Wrap Text Around Image Edges (Video Tutorial)

In this video, Anne-Marie Concepción shows the easiest way to wrap text along the edge of an image in InDesign. If the image is on a solid contrasting background, using Detect Edges makes wrapping the text a one-step process!

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[XYZ-qhrx]

That was wordenful! Quick, straight to the point, easy to follow. Thak you.

[terredee]

I’ve been using InDesign since it was called PageMaker, and I always learn something new from Anne-Marie Concepcion’s tutorials, as well as those of David Blatner, Mike Rankin, Erica Gamet and others.

Thank you all for everything!

So many times, when I’ve been stumped and do a Google search to try and find the fix (because Adobe doesn’t address it), it has been InDesignSecrets.com that has come to the rescue.

Recently, finally, I subscribed to the InDesign Magazine from the same group and, OMG, more great stuff!

Thank you!

[dggd]

Thank you so much! You just saved the day. Much appreciation!

[TraciSmith]

Thank you!! Looked for an hour for this simple solution.

[deansservices]

Great instruction as always. Thank you for your help!

[eunhaejune]

Wish my designer and myself knew about this.

[LNHSDMA]

Well that was way easier than what I was doing... I usually take the image into Photoshop and mask it and then place the PSD instead of the JPG. NO MORE! Thanks for the tip!

[adizvik]

thanks! also under contour options type: Alpha channel! looks even better!

[delunedelune]

Hi. Is there maybe a possibility to wrap the text around (the other a little bit bigger) text? Not talking about wrapping around the text box, but around the shape of the (bigger) text letters?

I tried that by converting the large text to object and it works. However I heard that printing houses do not recommend converting text to objects.

This is why I would like to wrap text around text ('s shapes). Any ideas what to do?

Thank you.

[joral]

Hi Anne-Marie Could you please include subtitles in the videos you share? The transcripts are very useful to understand the videos integrally for all people who do not have English as their main language. Thank you very much.

[allysonhutchens]

I dont have the wrap options drop down to change it to detect edges (also what if it doesnt detect my edges properly?) Where can I find these options elsewhere

[DayakaranH]

To which version of InDesign does this tip apply? It does not appear to work with CS6.

[brian-HX]

I am adjusting the padding around my image, but it is not applying it to it?