text wrap issue in Indesign

Thank you for posting your question so clearly. One of the replies solved a nasty issue for me.

> Thanks Brad, mine is turned on.

It should be off, as Brad suggested.

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Option A: If you want the graphics to flow with the text: Paste a graphic into the text and choose, for example, "Above Line" in anchored object options, then adjust the space before and after. Make a new Object style with those settings and apply it to all your graphics.

Option B: If you need the graphics to stay fixed and not move with the text, I have another idea: I've written a script that centers a selected item to the document's baseline grid. You will need to manually work out a vertical offset to adjust in the script (my example gives -3 (pts) so just change that -3 to whatever visually looks right based on your baseline grid settings and font size. Save that change to the script file and then to use it, just select an item or items and run script. I haven't tested much, so I'd love to hear how it goes if you end up playing with it. You can also align to top of baseline grid division.

- Mark

/*

    Center To Baseline Grid.js

    by m1b
    here: https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/text-wrap-issue-in-indesign/m-p/12782817

    This should move a page item vertically so that its center
    aligns with the centre of the nearest baseline grid increment.

    By providing a verticalOffset, you can adjust the change visually.

    Adjust the weightFactor argument higher (maximum is 1) if you prefer
    the item to move downwards to the next baseline division more often.

*/


function main() {

    alignItemsToBaselineGrid({
        items: app.activeDocument.selection, // path item(s)
        verticalOffset: -3, // pts: distance to move item from the exact centre of baseline grid
        weightFactor: 0, // Number from 0 to 1: 0 is normal, 1 will always move downwards, 0.5 tends to move downwards
        alignment: 'center' // align to 'center' or 'top' of baseline division (verticalOffset applies in both cases)
    });


    function alignItemsToBaselineGrid(options) {
        if (options.items == undefined) return;
        var items = options.items,
            verticalOffset = options.verticalOffset || 0,
            weightFactor = options.weightFactor || 0;
        alignment = options.alignment || 'center';

        // handle a single item
        if (!items.hasOwnProperty('0'))
            items = [items];

        if (items[0] == undefined) return;
        var doc = items[0].parent;
        while (doc.constructor.name != 'Document')
            doc = doc.parent;

        var gridPrefs = doc.gridPreferences,
            marginTop = doc.marginPreferences.top,
            isRelativeToMargin = gridPrefs.baselineGridRelativeOption == BaselineGridRelativeOption.TOP_OF_MARGIN_OF_BASELINE_GRID_RELATIVE_OPTION,
            gridStart = (isRelativeToMargin ? marginTop : 0) + gridPrefs.baselineStart,
            gridDivision = gridPrefs.baselineDivision,
            verticalWeighting = gridDivision * weightFactor;

        for (var i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
            if (!items[i].hasOwnProperty('visibleBounds'))
                continue;
            var item = items[i],
                itemTop = item.visibleBounds[0],
                itemHeight = item.visibleBounds[2] - item.visibleBounds[0],
                newTopDelta = -((itemTop - gridStart) % gridDivision),
                newHeightDelta = -(itemHeight % gridDivision),
                newItemTop = itemTop + newTopDelta,
                newItemHeight = itemHeight + newHeightDelta,
                verticalDelta = (newItemTop + newItemHeight / 2) - (itemTop + itemHeight / 2) + (gridDivision / 2);

            // round to nearest baselineitem's top (-newTopDelta >= gridDivision / 2) newTopDelta += gridDivision;baseline grid
            if (-newHeightDelta >= gridDivision / 2) newHeightDelta += gridDivision;
            if (-verticalDelta + verticalWeighting >= gridDivision / 2) verticalDelta += gridDivision;

            // move item
            if (alignment == 'center') {
                item.move(undefined, [0, verticalDelta + verticalOffset]);
            } else if (alignment == 'top') {
                item.move(undefined, [0, newTopDelta] + verticalOffset);
            }
        }
    }


} // end main

app.doScript(main, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, 'Center To Baseline Grid');

Hi @rehana36276218 , when the object’s text wrap Offsets are set to 0 it can’t interfere with the text’s baselines—the baseline is defined by the applied Leading.

Here my text Leading is set to 14pt and frame set to wrap is 140pts in height. I have Align to Baseline Grid turned off, but the frame still can’t interfere with the texts’ baseline, or the text will reflow:

If I add 2pts to the frame height it forces the text to the next baseline—the text on either side of the frame has to be on the same baseline:

If I want to bring the line backup to the baseline above, I can set the Bottom Offset to -2

Even space above and below

The text is aligned to the baseline grid, which is good. 

So there are 2 solutions:

1. Turn off baseline alignement.
2. Better: Fit the size of the size of the image to the baseline grid and align all images with the bottom to the baseline grid and the top to the height of the Letter H.