'Wrap' formatting of inline objects?

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'Wrap' formatting of inline objects?

When I place an object (an image) within a body of text, and wrap is selected, the text flows around the object in the manner that has been selected as long as the object is 'floating.' However, as soon as the object has been made 'inlline,' the text no longer flows around it, but instead is pushed above and below the object and the wrap options are greyed out.

What is the secret to maintaining the 'wrap' options for an inline object, if any?

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Jan 22, 2012 7:04 AM

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Bob deWitt Author

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Jan 23, 2012 2:37 PM in response to Bob deWitt

So, does no one else have this problem? Or isn't it an issue with anyone but me?

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Jan 23, 2012 6:27 PM in response to Bob deWitt

The secret is that it can't be done. By definition, an inline object is treated like a text character in the line of text (hence the name "inline"). Think of the object as a giant letter X that you typed in. If you want to wrap text around the object, it will have to be floating or anchored. Anchored can be used to keep the object associated with a particular piece of text, so it may be closer to the functionality that you're looking for with inline than floating would be.

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Bob deWitt Author

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Jan 24, 2012 12:28 PM in response to Alistair Cullum

Thanks for your response, Alistair. I'm sorry to hear it, though. It's just that with iAuthor seeming to share so much functionality with iPages, I expected to be able to have text flow around an inline object the way it does in iPages.

I'll give anchored objects a try.

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Jan 28, 2012 6:28 PM in response to Alistair Cullum

Alistair - I'm confused... First, Apple's Pages works like Bob described... an image can be inserted "inline" and you can select "object causes wrap" - and as the text moves, the image moves with the text. I expect iBooks Author to work the same way!

As soon as I select 'inline' iBooks Author deselects the "object causes wrap" and you can't pick the wrapping options.

I've tried selecting "anchored" does allow you to do the wrapping options, but if you edit the text around the object (like maybe adding a bunch of text above the image), then the image doesn't move and you've got to move the image again.

I think what I'm learning is that iBooks Author is not a text editing tool - they expect you to have your text locked down when you come into iBA and then fooling with images would be easier.

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Aug 8, 2012 8:23 AM in response to Bob deWitt

I'm having the same problem. When I first launched iBook Author the inline objects worked the way you would think. Now, after wooking on my project for a while, it doesn't. The inline objects just jump to the front or the back of the body of text. This is a pretty big issue for me.

I've been really digging for the solution but it appears to be a bug in iBooks Author.

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Jan 6, 2013 11:48 AM in response to glen Baird

has anyone heard anything about this? i don't understand why the text wrap option goes away when you select inline for your object...i have tiny little markers that are spread throughout my book. they need to stay in that position. they look great when they are floating. but as soon as i make them inline (which is what they need to be), they rearrange the entire text and the wrap gets all weird as does the spacing. it's very frustrating. i don't really know what to do.

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