Nisus Writer Pro - Manual (Page 168)

148 Graphics: Images and Shapes
Working with Various Types of Graphics
Nisus Writer Pro handles two kinds of graphic images: those that flow along with a line of text we
call “inline”. Other images, while attached to a particular paragraph, float independently are called
“floating”. In addition you can create various shapes, from lines and arrows to complex geometric
forms and (linked) text boxes that can float with your text.
Inline images
As explained in further detail in “Importing Images” on page 149, you can place an Inline image in
your text either by:
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copying and pasting an existing image
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choosing the menu command Insert > Image…
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dragging an image file into your document from the Finder.
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selecting a floating image and
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choosing (uncheck; turn off) the menu command Tools > Shapes > Wrap Text Around
Shape
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choosing Inline with text from the Placement pop-up menu in the Shapes Wrap palette.
When an inline image first appears in your document, Nisus Writer Pro treats it as though it were a
character in your text.
As you work with inline images, keep these guidelines in mind
• You can copy, paste, as well as drag and drop images like any other character in your text.
• Nisus Writer Pro can use Find with Attribute Sensitive turned on and Replace with Replace
Attributes turned on to locate and replace inline images of the same width and height
respectively.
• You can select more than one inline image at a time while pressing A or 1 .
If you include an inline image in a sentence, the height of the line in which it appears will likely
increase. This means that a 12-point image inserted next to 9-point text increases the
sentence’s line height. The results of clipping an image to the line or not are illustrated in
Figure 166.
• You can prevent an inline image from drawing over or behind surrounding text.
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This would only be necessary if the image height happens to exceed your line height, or if you
wanted some special effect.
1. Select the inline image.
2. Choose Multiple from the Spacing portion of the Paragraph palette (or increase the line height).
3. Click (turn on) Clip drawing to line in the Shape Wrap palette.
Figure 166
An inline image with “Clip drawing to line” turned on, then off