Pinning

About pinning

Pinning is possible by using two different options:

Float With Text—the object is positioned horizontally and vertically relative to a pin that is automatically inserted into the nearest text to it. This option is ideal for pictures, tables and pulled quotes that need to flow with the text.
Inline In Text—the object is placed as (and behaves like) a character in the text and is aligned in relation to the text that surrounds it. It flows with the text as before.

Floating objects can be pinned to anywhere in your publication text, but the floated object can be positioned in relation to indented text, column, frame, page margin, page edge, or most typically the pin in a text frame.

Frame text can wrap around floating pinned objects that overlap the text frame. Conversely, inline anchored objects do not allow text wrapping.

For text frames, when the frame text reflows with new content, the pin (and therefore pinned object) moves with the text.

Basic pinning is possible via the Toolbar but for full control and fine positioning of pinned objects, you can switch on the Pinning panel.

To switch on the Pinning panel:

From the Window menu, select Text>Pinning.

To create a floating object pinned to text:

Select and position your unpinned object on the page.
Do one of the following:
- From the Toolbar, enable Float With Text.
- From the Pinning panel, select Float With Text.

By default, the object is pinned to any artistic or frame text nearest to it as indicated by a pin. You can reposition the object by dragging to anywhere on the page and the linkage will be maintained. Equally, you can fine-tune the position of the pin by dragging it to a new location, e.g. to the start of a paragraph where the image is referenced or to a completely new text frame.

To adjust the floating object's position:

From the Pinning panel, modify settings to fit your requirements:
- Use Horizontal/Vertical align options to position the object.
- Set the above alignment in relation to an Of page element.
- For absolute positioning, fine-tune the Offset values.

To insert an object inline in text:

Select your unpinned object on the page.
Do one of the following:
- From the Toolbar, enable Inline In Text.
- From the Pinning panel, select Inline In Text.

To adjust the inline object's position:

From the Pinning panel, modify settings to fit your requirements:
- Use Scale to and Scale options to position the object in relation to text metrics.
- Position the object vertically by placing on the baseline or descender Base position, optionally setting a 'nudging' incremental Offset.

To unpin a floating or inline object:

Do one of the following:

From the Toolbar, disable Float With Text or Inline In Text.
From the Pinning panel, select Unpin.

Pinning objects

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