How to Anchor a Graphic to Text in InDesign
Learn how to anchor a graphic to text in InDesign so that they travel together and find out the difference between anchored and inline graphics.
In this InDesign video, Laurie Ruhlin demos how to anchor a graphic to text, so that the graphic will always travel along with the text. She explains that there are two different types of anchored objects and shows how to achieve each. Laurie even throws in an added way to insert an image within text.
This video is an excerpt from Laurie’s “Saving Time in InDesign with Anchored Objects” session at CreativePro Week 2023.
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This article was last modified on August 29, 2025
This article was first published on May 14, 2024
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