how do I make images move with text?

[myatia]

Hi,

I'm working on a program which includes a list of speakers that gets changed all the time. Some of the speakers have a photo, and that should be next to the title of their speech. Is there a way to insert the photo right next to the title and have it stay positioned there, even if I, say, add or remove a speaker before them?

And, for bonus points a similar sort of question. The program also has a list of exhibitors, and I was thinking about ghosting their booth number behind the text describing them. Is there any way to keep that with the text as well, even though it wouldn't exactly be in the column, but underneath it?

If anyone has any advice for me, I'd appreciate it! Let me know if I haven't been clear about what I'm asking.

Thanks!

Misty

 

[myatia]

Oh, one more thing. I did read about putting images inside a text frame. However, the problem I had was that I couldn't get the text to wrap around these objects and need to have it do so.

 

[AdobeTim]

A couple tips that may or may not help.

If the photo is the to the left of the title, you can trick ID into wrapping text around the image by inserting the image as an inline graphic and the first character on that line. Then, use the Paragraph palette to create a drop cap out of the first character. You'll have to fiddle with the kerning, perhaps, the vertical positioning of the graphic, maybe, but you'll get a runaround that way.

For putting text behind other text, you can use a little known trick in ID: enter the text to appear behind the other text as its own paragraph. Create a style for that paragraph. Enter the text that's going to sit on top of the first para. Edit the style for the first para and set the leading value to '0' (zero). Apply whatever baseline shift you need as well to that first style. You should be able to make the styles work together so that the second para sits on top of the first one.

You could also use a rotated inline text frame for the first para and get the same effect, but with the text on an angle.

Hope this helps.