Text Wraps, Spelling, Hyphenation, Transforming

Okay. So this will be our tutorial
about using text wraps,

hyphenation, spell check, and transform.

So when we're thinking of image and text,

we have some
really cool options in InDesign

to allow them to work together,
that saves you some time.

We're thinking always
of being the most efficient.

Once you have your techniques, you want
to think about expediting your process

so that you can make work um,
as efficiently as possible.

So let's start with thinking
about text wrap.

So a text wrap is when you're thinking
about the interaction of text,

so here is my text frame,

and image, so here's my image frame.

Of course, we know that our image frame,

here I can see the image
is actually quite large

with this yellow orange
kind of bounding box.

That tells me
that the image is really big,

but of course, it's inside a frame

and if I want to use
the content grabber to edit, I can.

So that is a big image,
but it's kind of isolated to this page

and I have my text. So the way
to think about using text

and um, text wrap, is a consideration
of how you want the text to flow

around any particular image.

Now in this rectangular case,

it's pretty easy to just kind of
line up my text frame

to be in a position where it feels
like it's flowing around the image.

But these two objects
aren't really connected together.

So another more interesting way

is to think about using text wrap,

and the way I'm going to show it to you

is by changing the shape of this.

You really get an idea of how it works.

So the first thing I'm going to do is

I'm just going to make this
a non rectangular image,

so I'm going to change the frame.

And I'm going to do that, make sure
you're not clicked on anything.

I'm going to grab my direct selection tool

because I just want to edit
this one little corner.

So I've clicked on that corner
and I'm going to shift it over.

So I'm just going to kind of create
you know, some sort of a diagonal.

This will just reveal
the text wrap to you,

more so than if it was rectangular.

It's also kind of a nice design.

So now, the trick
with thinking about text wrap

is it's something that you actually apply

to the image, not to the text.

That's the one little conceptual trick
here uh, that's kind of hard to remember.

So, here's my text.

Let's imagine I'm going to kind of
let it wrap around the edge of the image,

both with my title and with
the actual kind of information here.

So I'm going to click on the actual image

using my regular selection tool,

because remember,
that grabs the bounding box.

And then, you'll see an opportunity

inside your Properties panel down here
called Text Wrap.

Now again, really important.
If you're using your other selection tool,

oh, actually using the other one
brings it up too,

so if for some reason
you didn't see it though,

I just always kind of default
to my regular selection tool.

Click on the image.

And then you'll see your text wrap.

So, first opportunity here
is no text wrap,

so that's what it's currently set at.

You can see it's a little bit darker.

Here, if we wrap around the bounding box,

remembering that I changed
the bounding box, look what happens.

It has shifted my text to kind of
match this angle right here.

Oops, I just zoomed in
on the actual image

instead of the frame, there you go.

So now it's done that,

if I want to use some offsets,

which in this case is just one offset
to kind of space it out,

I could always increase some spacing.

Oops, Command Z,
let me get back here a little bit.

Use some spacing on this image
to kind of bump this around.

So I'm going to click off
and just zoom myself out a little bit.

So again, I'm on the image.

If I apply a text wrap, I'm going
to go back in time here.

There's my text wrap, which is
a wrap around bounding box.

If I need to increase the spacing
then I'm going to use an offset.

So this is an offset number.

It'll usually limit you to just doing

whatever one works for
that particular bounding or text wrap,

which in this case is a top offset,

but it's sort of shifting things
left to right.

Now notice what's happening with also
the title of this kind of article.

It is getting overset.

I'm kind of missing out on some
of my text with this little red thing.

So of course, I can increase the size
of this text frame so that it also works,

but it's shifting this
according to the text wrap.

So that is a text wrap
with a bounding box.

Very interesting, clever way--
the, of working with text and image.

The other thing you can do,
you don't necessarily have

to have it working with an image.

You can use text wrap with any object.

So here's another object.

This is something I drew really quickly

and I actually just used the pen tool.

Here we go, you're familiar
with the pen tool.

You can use the pen tool in InDesign.

You can also use it in Illustrator.

If you're drawing something more complex,

then of course you can place
your object inside InDesign.

So here, I have some text
and this kind of custom shape.

Let's imagine
it's a poorly drawn guitar of some sort.

Uh, let's think about
the kind of text wrap

we could do with these two objects.

So I am again, make sure
you don't have anything selected.

Get your black arrow selection tool,

go to the object itself

to determine what kind
of text wrap you want.

Here's the one we did before
around the bounding box.

Remember, this is actually in
a bounding box that's square.

So that's not going to help us at all.

What I want us to think about instead

is wrapping around
the object that I've drawn.

So if I use wrap around object,
look what's happened.

Now I have this lovely little flow

around the side of the object.

Of course, if I move my text frame around,
it's going to keep flowing

and the positioning of the text
will flow around that object.

If I change the size of the object,
of course,

it's just going to keep flowing.

Now, other opportunity is maybe

we don't want to be
on the outside of this object.

Perhaps we want to be
on the inside of the object.

In that case, you have
an invert button here.

So if I invert and also
make sure I grab my text,

so I'm going to use my black arrow.

I'm going to move the text
so that it's actually

in the space of the object.

And perhaps I need to make
my text frame a little bit wider.

Bring it in a little bit here.

And I'm, that top line looks like it's,
there we go.

Bring that down a little bit.

So now I have done a text wrap

around an object and inverted it

so that it's actually inside the object.

So that is wrap around object shape,
invert.

You also have um, jump object,
jump to next column.

Those are a little bit more if you're uh,
doing column based design work.

I think the most useful for you currently

is the wrap around bounding box
or wrap around object shape,

thinking about how to invert it.

Again, if you don't want to do it,

then you can always just
go back to this no text wrap

and now you're back to the basics
where they aren't interacting together.

So those are your text wrap options,
very fun.

Uh, the other thing I want to show you

is to just pay attention
to what is hyphenated.

If you're writing out a lot of text

and you're breaking on a line,

it's going to create a hyphenation,

so here's a hyphen, here's a hyphen,

here's a hyphen, here's a hyphen.

Sometimes that's a really
kind of annoying thing

when you're a viewer or a reader.

Just seeing a bunch of hyphens
along the edge is kind of a bad design.

It can get kind of um,
irritating on your eyes.

So if you want to turn that off,

I recommend turning that off
and it's just a really simple setting.

If you scroll down
in your Properties panel,

you have to be on a text frame

because otherwise it won't have
all the opportunities, but scroll down.

Under this paragraph right here
where you have paragraph options,

you know, you've got center,
justification, etc.,

we have a hyphenate button.

So I like to turn that off
and it's just going to move the words down

rather than hyphenate, hyphenate,
hyphenate all the time.

That's hyphenation.

The other thing I want you
to pay attention to is your spelling.

There is nothing worse
than looking at a beautiful design

that has a bunch of spelling errors,

because they become these little kind of

just nuisances to your brain.

So, you can, of course,
check your spelling in a word document.

Particularly if you have a lot of text,

use that kind of word document program,

whatever it might be,
to check your spelling.

Or if you're just going
to type into InDesign,

we do have a spellcheck feature.

So grab your text frame.

Actually you don't even need
to grab a text frame.

You can go right into it.
It's under the Edit menu.

Spelling, Check Spelling.

This will go through like
a normal kind of text editor

kind of word processing document

and check all of your spelling.

Suggested, you can commit to it,
you can skip it, ignore it, etc.

When you're finished, you can hit Done.

So please check your spelling
on your work.

Um, that again is just
Edit, Spelling, Check Spelling.

You can also do Dynamic Spelling.
That'll watch it as you type.

That's an opportunity for you if you
like that kind of um, spelling work.

Okay, so we've done text wraps,
hyphenation, spelling.

The only other thing I'm going to show you

that people often like to do,

because we've done it in other programs,
is to flip things.

So if you've been experimenting

with flipping images
horizontally or vertically

in Illustrator or Photoshop,

we can do the same here.

So let's do it on this
actual image of the waves.

So the way to do this
is through transforming.

Once you have your file, of course,

and you've grabbed it
with your selection tool,

top of your properties panel
is your Transform, up here.

You always want to choose
the reference point.

So if you're just transforming
vertically or horizontally as a flip,

like you were thinking of it in a mirror,

I use the center point,

but you could also flip from edges.

So you would just simply click on an edge

and that's the reference point
from which it would flip.

But I keep it on the center for ease.

Now of course, you could
think about your X and Y

and your rotation and etc., your angle,

but the easiest thing, I think, is either

use your rotations
if that's what you're after

or here's the flipping options.
Flip horizontal, flip vertical.

Kind of gives you a little preview
of how it works in the icons,

so here's a flip horizontal,
here you see what's happened.

Of course, I may have
to rethink my text there.

Here's flip vertical.

So those, that's how those work,

so a very easy opportunity to work
with your images in InDesign.