Wrapping Text Around an Object

You can wrap text around an object, such as a graphic, to attractively integrate text and objects in a publication. By default, Publisher flows text around an object's rectangular frame. So that there are no unsightly gaps between text and nearby graphics, you can wrap the text to flow tightly around irregularly shaped or round objects. Use the Text Wrap feature in Publisher to have text follow the outlines of the object itself. Brochures and newsletters often use this technique to combine text and graphics.

Wrap Text Around an Object

Select the text frame that you want to wrap.

Click the Format menu, and then click Text Box.

Click the Layout tab.

Click a Wrapping Style option.

Click OK.

Drag the object to overlap the text frame.

The text object must be under the graphic object.

Did You Know?

Drawn objects must be filled to wrap text around them . If you want text to wrap around a shape you've drawn, fill the shape with a color . Publisher won't flow text around a transparent shape. By default, Publisher wraps tightly around drawn shapes .

Fine-tune Text Flow Around an Object

Click the object which you want the text to flow around.

Click the Text Wrapping button on the Picture toolbar, and then click Edit Wrap Points.

Position the pointer over an adjust handle until you see the adjust pointer, and then drag the handle to change the shape of the boundary.

Add an Adjust Handle

Click the object which you want the text to flow around.

Click the Text Wrapping button on the Picture toolbar, and then click Edit Wrap Points.

Press and hold Ctrl as you click the dotted -line boundary.

Did You Know?

You can precisely control the shape of an object's boundary . Adjust handles appear at corners or other significant changes in direction of the shape. The more complex the shape, the more adjust handles you see. You can delete extra adjust handles.

You can create a simpler boundary around a picture by removing an adjust handle . Click the object, point to the adjust handle, and then press Ctrl as you click it.