Indesign optical text problem

Hi Anthony:

Without examining your file, no, I can't tell why the unassigned frame with text wrap is forcing the reflow. I will note that you have changed two defaults, both of which impact the text flow. Paragraph Composer is the default for evaluating where to break the lines in a paragraph, and Metrics is the default kerning method. These tend to work well, so often we keep the defaults unless there is something in the text flow that warrants changing them. (In this case, perhaps something in the text flow warrants changing them back.)

A workaround might be to slightly pull in the offset on the text wrap. You can use negative values, and since you just have what appears to be an invisible shape, perhaps that will do the trick. I'm not clear what the frame is actually doing since you don't have text in that location (and you do have text over the crow).

As I type this I'm now wondering—do you intend to drag this over the crow to move that text out of the way? And easier solution would be to add the text wrap to the crow image. You can further customize the text wrap boundary using the Pen tool and Direct Selection tool if you don't care for InDesign's automatic "Detect Edges" option.

~Barb

Hi Anthony:

Before and after screen shots with text frames and hidden characters showing would be helpful here.

~Barb