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Getting text to appear on top of Image In InDesign 5

  • February 19, 2012
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I am struggling to get some text to appear on top of an image in InDesign 5. I did fiddle with layers but it doesn't appear to have multiple layers.

Could someone walk me through making this work?

Appreciate the help!

Brian

    Correct answer BobLevine

    And make sure there’s no text wrap applied to the image.

    Bob

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    asd23eAuthor
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    February 19, 2012

    It seems that even if I turn the image off in layers, the text fiend does not sho up. In other words, if I create a text field outside the printable area for the boot, the text is displayed, but when I drag it into the printable area, the text goes blank.

    Let me get this one thing straight though: But draging the text layer entry above the image layer entry, the text layer would thus be above and on top(visable).??

    But it's not working as a result of the above mentioned. I still seems to have something to do with the image layer that exists on the page.

    Ooops! Bob, you hit the nail on the head. Although there was no text wrap spacing added, the text wrap was on. So, selecting a particular image and removing "text wrap" only applies the attributes only to that image. All other images still have text wrap on.....which is what I want.

    Thanks to all.

    Peter Spier
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    Peter SpierCommunity Expert
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    February 19, 2012

    Did you turn off the text wrap o r ignore it for that text frame? That sounds like your problem.

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      asd23eAuthor
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      February 20, 2012

      Peter,

      I just selected the image and then turned off text wrap via the text wrap option of my workspace in the right pane.

      Peter Spier
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      Peter SpierCommunity Expert
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      February 19, 2012

      The text would need to be above the image in the stacking order. You can put it on its own layer, or just move it up above the image in the existing layer.

        BobLevine
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        BobLevineCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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        February 19, 2012

        And make sure there’s no text wrap applied to the image.

        Bob

          Peter Spier
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          Peter SpierCommunity Expert
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          February 19, 2012

          Bob Levine wrote:

          And make sure there’s no text wrap applied to the image.

          Or set the Text Frame Options for the frame with your text that needs to be above the image to "Ignore Text Wrap." You might need wrap on the image for other purposes.

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