Text Wrap Question. Can I have some text (descriptions under illustrations) not wrap?

[William Cartwright]

I'm doing a report and loving the text wrap feature in Publisher for the main body text.

However, I need to add descriptions under the artworks I'm using. This is separate from the body text. The "text wrap" feature is presenting me from putting any sub-text where I need it.

Is there an easy way to override the text wrap for this descriptive sub-text.

Thanks for any ideas!

Bill

 

 

[walt.farrell]

There's an option to ignore text wrap in the Text Frame studio panel that might help.

[William Cartwright]

10 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

There's an option to ignore text wrap in the Text Frame studio panel that might help.

I'm not sure where that is or how to access it.

This will turn off the text wrap for one (or more) text blocks while leaving the body text to wrap? I appreciate any clues of how to use this tool.

Bill

[William Cartwright]

I can't figure it out. 

[GarryP]

William, I think this is what you need.
If I'm wrong, please attach a visual sample of what you want.

ignore-text-wrap.afpub

[William Cartwright]

Hi @GarryP, thanks for reaching out. I'm posting an image that shows (more or less) what I want (I will have more detail than "Picture on the back of a horse," but it makes the point. One problem I have is I don't see how to activate the "Text Frame" panel. I assumed it would "turn on" by View>Studio>Text Frame. However, I'm not seeing Text Frame as an option. I appreciate any help. I'm working on a deadline--must finish tomorrow.

It is 3:17 am here and I barely got sleep last night, so I'm off to grab a couple of hours of sleep. I'll check back in later.

Thank you!

Bill

 

[R C-R]

17 minutes ago, William Cartwright said:

One problem I have is I don't see how to activate the "Text Frame" panel. I assumed it would "turn on" by View>Studio>Text Frame. However, I'm not seeing Text Frame as an option.

It is possible this panel is in a Studio tab group, & if the Studio panel is too narrow to show the full names of unselected tabs, its name will be abbreviated to "Frm" unless/until it is selected.

If you can't find it there, is it possible you sometimes use or have used more than one monitor? If so, it may be trying to appear on the second monitor's screen even when it is not connected to your computer.

[walt.farrell]

26 minutes ago, William Cartwright said:

I assumed it would "turn on" by View>Studio>Text Frame. However, I'm not seeing Text Frame as an option. I appreciate any help. I'm working on a deadline--must finish tomorrow

It does activate that way, William. As R C-R said the title may be abbreviated. But you would still see it in View > Studio.

Are you sure that (a) you're in Publisher, and (b) you're in the Publisher Persona of Publisher? The studio panels are specific to the Persona that is active.

 

[GarryP]

As far as I can tell, to do it the way you want (or how I have understood it) it you don’t need to ignore the text wrapping, so you don’t need the Text Frame Panel in this case.
Just put the image and text frame in a group and add the text wrap to the group (see attached image and GIF).

[jmwellborn]

@William Cartwright Use @GarryP‘s solution.  It is the correct one.   I have done several books now with hundreds of images with captions, using this method.  Works perfectly.  Be sure that before grouping, the caption’s text frame is the same horizontal width as the image’s frame.  Merry Christmas!

[William Cartwright]

5 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

It does activate that way, William. As R C-R said the title may be abbreviated. But you would still see it in View > Studio.

Are you sure that (a) you're in Publisher, and (b) you're in the Publisher Persona of Publisher? The studio panels are specific to the Persona that is active.

 

Ah! You asked the right question, Walt.

I was NOT in the Publisher persona when I was checking the Studio selections. Thank you so much!!!

You've really saved me. A quick test and this appear to be working. I "overslept" a little, but this fix more than compensates for the time. 

Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!

Bill

 

[William Cartwright]

4 hours ago, GarryP said:

As far as I can tell, to do it the way you want (or how I have understood it) it you don’t need to ignore the text wrapping, so you don’t need the Text Frame Panel in this case.
Just put the image and text frame in a group and add the text wrap to the group (see attached image and GIF).

Great to Have another option GarryP! 

This is my first time using Publisher on a project--always a great idea to use a new tool under deadline--and it is cool. But this one little snag was messing up completion of the report. It is awesome to have fellow Affinity users who help out people in a jam, like me.

I really appreciate it!

Bill

 

[GarryP]

You’re welcome. Glad to be of assistance.