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Adobe InDesign/misalignment of adjacent text columns due to photo inset

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Expert: James Fritz - 2/3/2010


Question

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I'm working on a multipage document.  Some pages have two columns, and on some of these pages, a photo with a caption is overlaid on one and a half columns.  I can't get the text to wrap equally around the photo/caption combination - the column that is completely cut off is wrapping at a different place than the column that comes around the corner of the photo/caption.  I tried adjusting everything to align to the baseline grid, and even adjusted the leading and spacing of all of my paragraphs and titles.  Even when the text of the two columns aligns, the column that is turning the corner is wrapping to the line below the one in the column fully cut by the photo/caption.  Is there any way to fix this?  It would be great if I didn't have to realign everything to the baseline grid or reset all of the leading and spacing around my titles.  Thanks!

Answer
Amanda,

Have you tried either increasing or decreasing the text wrap on the photo?

Select the photo and open the text wrap panel. Be sure to choose the wrap option "wrap around bounding box" then you will be able to control the offset on the bottom. Either increase or decrease the text wrap to your desired amount and it should even out your columns.

Thank you for including a screen shot, it really helps me answer the question.

James Fritz

Expertise

I am an Adobe Certified Instructor in InDesign and many other applications. I look forward to your question.

Experience

I have been using InDesign since 2001. I use it as a designer and teach it daily as an Instructor. I am also Lynda.com video training author. www.lynda.com/jamesfritz

Organizations
InDesign User Group, Milwaukee and Madison Chapters; United Adworkers

Education/Credentials
BFA Graphic Design - University of Wisconsin Milwaukee; Adobe Certified Instructor, Print Specialist; Adobe Certified Instructor, InDesign; Adobe Certified Instructor, Acrobat; Adobe Certified Instructor, Photoshop; Adobe Certified Instructor, InCopy; Adobe Certified Instructor, Fireworks; Quark Recognized Instructor;

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