Anchor option with text wrap-overlapped the first line of the paragraph

[kanagakumar]

Dear Team,

When I used the "text wrap" style with "anchor" option, the first line overlapped the background of the picture.

Could you perhaps suggest a way to have this anchor-style text wrap properly?

Text Wrap with anchor option applied output (wrong output):

I need the below output:

Thanks

kk

[m1b]

Hi @kanagakumar, I believe the problem your describe is a known issue, and I really hope someone has a better answer than mine, but I just had a play with it and got it to work by putting the photo's frame inside another text frame, which is anchored to the main text. See attached demo.indd.

- Mark

[Willi Adelberger]

You cannot wrap the first line due to technical reasons. Developers have tried, but InDesign would come into a never ending loop and work would be impossible. Therefore you must either anchor in the previous line or not use an anchor at all. It is not a bug but a technical limitation. 

[m1b]

Hi @Willi Adelberger, that's interesting. Do you know what the technical limitation is? It surprises me because Indesign seems quite happy to wrap the first line around an anchored text frame (as in my example). What would be technically different about a graphic frame I wonder....

- Mark

Edit: maybe the complexities around clipping paths and wrapping shapes...

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

Do you know what the technical limitation is?

By @m1b

OP have Anchor Point in the middle of the text - TextWrap is pushing text - but also pushes AnchorPoint - so it would be neverending loop.

But in some cirumstances - like setting alignment of the Anchored Object to the edge of the TextFrame - problem shouldn't occure as there wouldn't be any text on the left of the Anchored object.

As long as Object is not affecting text in previous Paragraph(s). 

Divide & Conquer algorithm could be used - but it would be rather too slow. 

[kanagakumar]

Dear Mark,

Thank you for your response.

Since the input file is XML based, the XML structure would be impacted if I changed the inline format (your input).

Can you suggest alternative way, without  affect xml structure.

Thanks

kk

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

Dear Mark,

Thank you for your response.

Since the input file is XML based, the XML structure would be impacted if I changed the inline format (your input).

Can you suggest alternative way, without  affect xml structure.

By @kanagakumar

Post Processing - dedicated script would move objects based on specified rules.

In this case - all - or according to applied ParaStyle - anchored object should be re-anchored to the start of Paragraph - or to the end of previous Paragraph or new Paragraph should be added.

Possibilities are endless.

[Eugene Tyson · Accepted solution]

Inline anchor with max negative offset

and then adjust it slightly

[kanagakumar]

Dear Eugene Tyson,

I tried to your method, but output is not comming. The photo placed in the center of the paragraph.

see below the screen shot. Kindly let me know if I'm doing incorrectly.

Thanks

kk

[Eugene Tyson · Accepted solution]

If you anchor it in the centre it will be in the middle.

If you anchor it on the left it will be on the left.

What do you want to do here? Re-anchor to the start of the paragraph.

[kanagakumar]

Dear Eugene Tyson,

Thank you very much for your guidance.

Thanks

kk

[Eugene Tyson]

No prob - glad it's working for you.

[m1b]

Great!