Publiser v2 text wrap indication?

[rogershuff]

One thing I really miss in Publisher V1 is the inability to show the extent of the text wrap around a graphic. It will sound bad if I say that InDesign does this  ... but it does - and it is so useful. In Publisher V1 (which I am using for paid projects, mostly happily), all I can do is change wrap values and see which way the text jumps. Tedious. Please say this has been addressed in v2!

[walt.farrell]

Sounds like you're talking about the Edit Wrap Outline function, available even in Publisher V1:

[h_d]

Wrap Style: tight.

Distance from text: 0

Text - Wrap - Adjust Wrap Outline:

 

 

Adjust the wrap outline using the Node Tool.

[rogershuff]

OK - I have tried that but it's not what I am looking for. In the attached example, I have set wrap to 6mm in the main Text Wrap dialogue. If I click 'Edit Wrap Outline' as I have in the screenshot, the outline is displayed around the boundary of the graphic shape, NOT at the perimeter of the wrap area, which I'd expect. If I grab a handle in the outline, it's pushing out the text 6mm from the outline and I still can't see exactly where! If I start with a tight wrap of 0 (zero) mm, I could manually adjust the outline, as in the example in the previous answer, but it's much faster for me in 95% of my work, to set the offset in the main Wrap dialogue and see quickly whee the wrap edge is (like, dare I say it, InDesign). And look at the second screenshot. How is one supposed to work with that?

[rogershuff]

This is what I used to see in InDesign. Note the outline indicating the extent of the text wrap.

[Dan C]

Hi @rogershuff,

Thanks for your post and our sincerest apologies for the delayed response here. We are exceptionally busy following the release of V2 and we thank you for your continued patience and understanding here.

On 12/14/2022 at 4:36 PM, rogershuff said:

In the attached example, I have set wrap to 6mm in the main Text Wrap dialogue. If I click 'Edit Wrap Outline' as I have in the screenshot, the outline is displayed around the boundary of the graphic shape, NOT at the perimeter of the wrap area, which I'd expect.

I agree, I would expect the 'Wrap Outline' to include any 'Distance from text' value, to be a clearer representation of the boundary the text is actually wrapping to - so I will be logging this with our developers now, as unfortunately the behaviour is the same in V2 currently.

On 12/14/2022 at 4:36 PM, rogershuff said:

look at the second screenshot. How is one supposed to work with that?

I've not yet been able to replicate this behaviour using the tools within Publisher, is this occurring with an .IDML document imported from InDesign? Or can you please confirm your workflow within Publisher here?

Many thanks in advance