Anchored Object / First line of text not wrapping

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October 24, 2025
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What could be causing the drink name to not wrap to the anchored object?

You can see in the screen shot that the text wrap should be effecting it.

Correct answer Eugene Tyson

Yeh it has to be anchored to the line above - it can't be anchored in the same line.

Another option is a 2 cell table with no stroke or insets - and put the image in the cell on the left and the text on the right.

It's a bit neater at times.

mickh

Participating Frequently

Dave, I was having exactly the same issue and it was driving me nuts.
And I didn't like the runaround of adding an empty line above and anchoring to that.

The fix is to anchor it 'Inline or Above Line' with a negative Y offset - it works perfectly.

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Eugene Tyson

Community Expert

That is a nice workaround - but can become problematic if the leading changes, or the text shifts to the top/bottom of the column, the anchored object can sometimes run off the page.

A more stable solution if it's just beside a paragraph is using a table - it flows with the text and the image won't suddenly drop off. It's a bit of an extra step but not much - and it's the most reliable way I have found.

rob day

Community Expert

and it's the most reliable way I have found.

There are different ways of handling anchors—the reason I prefer putting the image on its own paragraph is it can be styled with an Object Style, and later the image frame can be adjusted without affecting its position relative to the surronding text: