QuarkXPress to Adobe InDesign CS4 Conversion Guide

The selected object is a native Photoshop
image with a transparent background. Note
that the text is on a layer above the image.
You can edit the shape of the text wrap with
the Direct Selection tool.
The Text Wrap panel lets you control how
text wraps around an object. Here, the text
wraps around the right side of the image’s
transparency mask.
Tip:
PREVENTING TEXT WRAP
To prevent text in a frame from wrapping
around an object with a text wrap,
select the text frame, choose Object >
Text Frame Options, and then select
Ignore Text Wrap.
on your keyboard, or entering an X
or Y value in the Control panel. You
can also delete, lock, cut, copy, or
paste guides like any other object.
The Grids & Guides menu (View >
Grids & Guides) provides several
commands for showing, hiding, locking,
and snapping objects to gridlines
and guidelines.
InDesign also offers Smart Guides,
which appear automatically as you
drag, rotate, or resize objects on your
page. Smart Guides help you align
and distribute objects by giving you
real-time feedback about the object
you’re moving and its relation to
other objects on the page. You can
enable or disable Smart Guides by
choosing View > Grids & Guides >
Smart Guides.
Text Wrap
In QuarkXPress, you use the
Runaround controls in the Modify
dialog box to control the flow of text
around an object; in InDesign, you
use the Text Wrap panel (Window >
Text Wrap).
Select an icon at the top of the Text
Wrap panel to indicate how text
will flow when the selected object
overlaps a text frame: No Text Wrap,
Wrap Around Bounding Box, Wrap
Around Object Shape, Jump Object,
or Jump To Next Column.
If you choose Wrap Around Object
Shape, and the object is a graphic
with a transparent background, you
may want to choose Detect Edges,
Photoshop Path, Alpha Channel,
or Same As Clipping from the Type
pop-up menu in the panel. These
allow the text wrap to flow around
the nonrectangular graphic.
InDesign normally allows text to
wrap on both sides of an object. You
can change this behavior in the Wrap
To pop-up menu. The options are
Right Side, Left Side, Both Right &
Left Sides, Side Towards Spine, Side
Away From Spine, and Largest Area.
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