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What's the best way to wrap an image (+captions) for epub export?

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    • September 11, 2011 at 12:29 am #60492
      Anonymous
      Inactive

      Hello,

      I was wandering what is the best way to insert an image and have it wrapped by text considering that the aim is to export in EPUB.
      Cheers

      Ps. I tried Castro's way, but somehow I get inconsistent results

    • September 17, 2011 at 6:37 am #60551
      Bob Levine
      Participant

      Honestly, the best way is to learn how to edit the CSS and HTML. Create a class for the image and apply a float to it. Be aware that sometimes the img tag can wind up within another tag such as the p tag.

      BTW, if you're not already using CS5.5 you should be if you're doing Epub work. It's dramatically better than any earlier version of InDesign.

    • September 17, 2011 at 6:50 am #60552
      David Blatner
      Keymaster

      I agree with Bob. But you can anchor the image in the text story in InDesign, then set the Text Wrap to wrap around object, and (in CS5.5 at least), the float code is generated for you, and the text should wrap around the image in the epub. If you want a caption under the image, I suggest grouping the caption and the image, then anchoring the group in the flow (or adding it to the articles panel, if it's between stories).

    • September 18, 2011 at 3:06 am #60555
      Anonymous
      Inactive

      Thanks to you both!!!

      I'll definitely follow your suggestions, both by improving my CSS HTML knowledge and by wrapping the text around the image.

      I just realised that the consistency problems were primarily related to the fact that the image tag went within other tags.

      Cheers

    • February 29, 2012 at 6:28 pm #61715
      amsprt
      Participant

      Hey guys,

      Same problem here. I'm trying to export from CS5.5 to ePub. I've got a couple of images Text Wrapped using “detect edges”. Everything looks great in ID, but when I export the wrapp doesn't seem to transfer. Spent the better part of a day on this so any help is much appreciated.

    • February 29, 2012 at 6:43 pm #61718
      Anne-Marie Concepcion
      Member

      amsprt, I answered this in your original post on the forum:

      https://creativepro.com/for…..pub-export

    • December 19, 2020 at 6:09 pm #14333625
      Aaron Linsdau
      Member

      You can do this easily in Indesign without code:


      How to Anchor Images in Text Indesign CC for EPUB Export

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