
Sizing handles appear around the selected object.Ĭlick and drag the desired corner sizing handle. If you need additional editing options, you should use a graphics editing program such as Adobe Photoshop. InDesign allows you to resize, crop and pan images until they fit your needs. Once you have placed a graphic in your InDesign document, you may discover that it is not the right size or contains extra information that is not relevant to your document.

NOTE: To display the Text Wrap palette, from the Window menu, select Text Wrap. To adjust the position of the object relative to the text, select a text wrap option. Use the mouse to position the icon’s top left edge where the top left corner of the object should appear in the document. Independent graphics are placed using the Selection Tool, while inline graphics are place using the Type Tool.įrom the Toolbox, select the Selection Tool.įrom the Look in pull-down list, navigate to and select the file you want to place. How you place an object is initially determined by your choice of either the Selection Tool or the Type Tool.
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For information on how to change layering order, refer to Working with Layers. If you have multiple independent graphics that overlap each other, they become layered. Regardless of what you do around the graphic, the placement will not change unless you move it. Independent graphics are graphics placed outside of a text frame.
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This article is based on legacy software. (Archives) InDesign CS3: Working with Independent Graphics

