Chapter 32. Inline Objects

What QuarkXPress calls anchored boxes, InDesign and PageMaker name inline objects. This chapter is where we talk about how you can anchor objects in text, so they flow when the text changes.

InDesign allows you to include text frames, graphics frames, frames without content, paths, text paths, and groups as inline objects. If you want to anchor multiple objects in the same place, you need to group them first. However, you can’t link text in an inline object to another text frame.

Creating Inline Objects

There are two ways you can create inline objects in InDesign:

  • You can use the XPress method: Select the object with the Selection tool and copy or cut it to the Clipboard. Then use the Type tool to click an insertion point ...

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