![]() ![]() You can choose different options for wrapping in the dialog box that appears. Go to the Window menu and select Text Wrap. This will send the selected element (in this case, the text block) to the back, so you can now select the graphic. Click once on the text block, go to the Object menu, then to Arrange, and select Send to Back. If you can’t seem to select it, it could be because your text is on top of it and the graphic is behind your text. Similar to Microsoft Word, InDesign allows you to wrap text around a graphic, or have the text over/under the graphic. To align objects, select all of the objects you want to align, and then select the alignment option you would like from the Align panel. To Align an Object/Image go to Window, click on Object & Layout, and click on Align in the dropdown menu. The blue box can be useful for cropping images in Indesign. Only the part of the image within both boxes will be seen. The blue box, which can be selected by clicking on the image with the black arrow, resizes the frame the images sits in. The brown box, which can be selected using the white arrow only by double clicking on the image, resizes the acutal image. To move (or to manually resize) images, you must understand how to use the two boxes surrounding them. You can also use the Scale Tool in the Toolbox. If it is unselected, then you can change either the X or the Y without affecting the other. If the Link icon (circled at right) is on, the image will scale proportionately. Here, you have the choice to adjust the image on a uniform or non-uniform scale. To resize the entire image by scale, select the image, then go to the Object menu, select Transform, and finally select Scale. To add an effect (such as a drop shadow) go to Window and select Effects, and the Effects panel will open, or go to Object -> Effects, and use the dropdown menu provided. ![]() Choose the appropriate option for your needs. To fit a graphic in a specific frame, go to the Object menu and then select Fitting. To hide part of the image, drag the "handles" with the Selection Tool. To move an image, use the Selection Tool to click and drag it to its new location. Click in your document where you’d like the graphic to be placed. Click OK and the cursor will turn into the Place icon.Navigate to the location of your image file.Make sure the Selection Tool is selected and go to the File menu and select Place (if you have the Text Tool selected, the image will get placed as part of the text instead of independently).To add an image to an InDesign document, you must Place it, just like we placed text. ![]()
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