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• • February 2, 2015 at 7:53 am #73055
    Peter Hoyt

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    I was very excited to read this months InDesign Magazine’s article on Placing Images because I thought it would help with a problem I have. However, it didn’t so time to ask for help.

    I’ve inherited a very large project that was originally created in an earlier version of InDesign and since then, updated to ID CC. I place my images “inline” with the text so that everything flows correctly as new pages are inserted, which happens all the time. This works perfectly because it is if the one line containing the inline image is suddenly and automatically size to the same size of the image just pasted.

    But when I start a fresh ID file as a template, placing images inline with the text doesn’t behave the same way. In the older document when I place an image on its own line, it will force that line down enough for the image to fit properly. When I place an image in a fresh file, inline with text, but on its own line, the image will appear layered above the preceding text and I have to manually edit the anchored object options to set the Inline Y offset to a large negative value to slide the image down. I also must manually add enough space after the image to prevent the following text from appearing layered above the image.

    I must be doing something wrong… can someone please suggest the proper way to place an image inline that doesn’t require all this manual adjustment?

    Thanks,
    Pete

  • February 2, 2015 at 11:36 am #73063
    Colleen Shannon

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    See if a Paragraph Style was applied where the images are in the original document. (Select the image with the Type tool)

  • February 2, 2015 at 12:30 pm #73068
    Peter Hoyt

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    That was a reasonable thought… but no, I don’t see any paragraph styles applied to the image container. No character styles and no object styles applid either.

    Thanks,
    Pete

  • February 3, 2015 at 3:55 am #73091
    Aris K

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    – Try creating a paragraph style specifically for image e.g img-inline and apply it to each image.
    – Make sure the paragraph style has auto leading and your issue should be fixed.

    There’s a video explaining this better at the official YouTube channel of Lynda.com

    Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmD0B8sQEUQ

  • February 3, 2015 at 12:11 pm #73106
    Peter Hoyt

    Member

    While at work we are blocked from youtube. However, I tried to apply a paragraph style but couldn’t find an auto leading option.

    FIXED:
    I was able to create a character style with auto leading applied to the image container object and that does seem to have done the trick.

    Thanks for your help with this!

    Peter

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