Textbox dissapears when I place it on placed image

[klaziena-waerts]

Hi,

I hope somebody can help me out with this.

I have designed an image in Photoshop and used 'Place' to place it in Indesign.

Now I want to write text on that placed image but the textbox dissapears everytime after I try to place that, so I can't write text at all.

[BobLevine]

Check to see if you have a text wrap applied to the image.

[klaziena-waerts]

Hi,

Thank you for your quick reply.

I aleady checked that but in Window - textwrap is 'no textwrap' selected, thus that is not a cause of my problem

[Derek Cross]

I suggest you double check.

[klaziena-waerts]

I already checked 4 times

[BobLevine]

Perhaps I misunderstood and the text frame is beneath the image. Check the layers panel.

[klaziena-waerts]

Layer 1 (in Dutch laag 1) is the placed image from Photoshop.

Layer 2 (laag 2) is the textbox that I try to get on the image.

In both layers is 'no textwrap' selected.

[macpawel]

Start to draw texb box outside. Use any text you nee and then place your text box over image. If text dissapears you probably have any wprap text option selected!  Be sure you check it for Image - not for text box. in this case image move text

or

Check layers panel (F7). Maybe your text is below image?

[klaziena-waerts]

Hi,

The image must cover the entire 'workspace' (it is a gamecard).

And I can't place text at all

[BobLevine]

Lock the image layer.

[klaziena-waerts]

Will you please explain me how I lock the image?
Thank you very much

[Laubender]

Details here:

Create and use layers in Adobe InDesign

Layers panel:

The second column next to the column with the eye symbols is the column for locking layers or items on the spread.

The first column with the eye symbol is for hiding layers or items on the spread.

Regards,
Uwe

[klaziena-waerts]

Thank you very much for your clear explanation how to lock a layer. So I could to that easily now

But...as you can see in this short video, the textbox that I try to place keeps dissapearing.

I really don't understand what I am doing wrong here

[Laubender]

Hi klaziena-waerts ,

watch the default text size that is used for the first text insertion point of your text frame, maybe it's too large to fit in your small frame.

Draw out a frame that is larger.

Or invoke panel Window > Control, switch your tool to the Type tool and set a smaller point size as default there.

Control panel enabled with default text point size 12:

More details here:

Workspace basics in InDesign

Regards,
Uwe

[klaziena-waerts · Accepted solution]

Hi, I have found out the problem thank to your remark about the lettersize.

Then I realized that the text that I wanted to place there just didn't fit.

I have resized the images and now I could place my text just fine

Thank you, and everybody in this chat, for all your kind help!!

[jane-e]

Hi,

I'm glad you can type your text now, but you might still want to open the disclosure triangle for the layer. You may find every empty text frame you have created and if you do, you'll want to delete them.

~ Jane

[jane-e]

Hi

Please click the disclosure triangle to the left of each layer name so we can see the contents of both layers.

~ Jane

[Frans v.d. Geest]

Frame edges hidden?

[jane-e]

If so, we will see all of them when the disclosure triangles are spun open.

[BobLevine]

I'd bet on that or preview mode. I originally thought it was the text itself the OP was referring to.