Across the top of the panel there are five icons, each of which indicate a different way of applying the text wrap. It's kind of doing the inverse of what you want. Select the image frame or shape and go to Window > Text Wrap to open the Text Wrap Panel. Then you can add anchor points to fine tune. It doesnt have to outline the pupper perfectly, it can actually be very general.
Best way out of this is to draw your own path with the pen tool and wrap the text to that instead. Step 2: Select Ignore Text Wrap and then click OK.
That's why you're getting the letter "I" by the leg there. Transparent background or not you are still asking InDesign to determine what is light and dark on a low contrast image. How to Wrap Text in InDesign Step 1: Select Text Frame and then click on Object > Text Frame. It's cutting out the leg & part of the face. Another alternative is to not apply Text Wrap to the image, but instead to group the image with the caption text frame. Voila The caption stays where you want it but the rest of the text makes room for the image. In the General options pane, select Ignore Text Wrap. Now onto the bit why you came here in the first place, how to arch text using InDesign: 1. Choose Show Options from the Text Wrap panel menu to display additional options. Select an imported image, and in the Text Wrap panel, click Wrap Around Object Shape. Additionally odd gaps and holes (like the space between the tail & the dog's head) can be skipped over so that you don't end up with a word (or partial word) in that gap.Īs a footnote the auto-wrapping Indd added is the whole box. Choose Object > Text Frame Options, or Option/Alt-double-click on the frame. In Photoshop it’s as easy as typing out your text, highlighting the text you would like to arch, click the create warped text option at the top of the screen and make your adjustments from the pop up window, see below. To display the Text Wrap panel, choose Window > Text Wrap. Or alternatively if you need to tighten in the text (ie, you can't flow it onto the next page) you can bring in the path in areas to fit more text on the page. If you've got one line of text that's cutting in really far & looks odd you can move the path where that line of text is to cut it out early & still keep your flow. Hand drawing the outlines gives you the added advantage of more control. then Pen tool over a new empty frame that outlines the puppy (you can then place the image into this new pen-drawn frame & delete the old one, if you want). Set the picture to having no text wrapping. You can wrap text around any object, including text frames, imported images, and objects you draw in InDesign. I'd just forget about the detected edges & wrapping all together.