If you're working with text frames, you're likely to add shapes, images, tables or other text frames in support of your publication's main text (either artistic or frame text). These objects can be either floated in relation to a pinned position in your text (or other page element) or be simply placed inline in your text. In either instance, objects can then move with the text as you add further text content or move the text frame itself.
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 pull 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.
To create a floating object pinned to text:
By default, the object is pinned to a position in the nearest artistic or frame text, as indicated by a pin and connecting line. You can reposition the object by dragging it anywhere on the page and the linkage will be maintained. Equally, you can drag the pin to a new location, e.g. to the start of a paragraph where the image is referenced or to another text frame.
To insert an object inline in text:
On the Pinning panel, select Unpin.