Updating or replacing inline graphic link causes undesired results

[Stephen_Field@adobeforums.com]

I have a document that contains about 60 inline graphics all the same size - they are all photoshop documents. When I make a change to the inline graphic and then later update the link - it moves my text and creates a text wrap around the graphic file. It also does this when instead of updating the link I simply re "place" the graphic with the same graphic file.

Is this normal?

What I have to do now is delete the graphic and re "place" it into the ID document. Shouldn't there be an easier way?

[Dave_Saunders@adobeforums.com]

Hmm. Text wrap around an inline graphic? The only way to do that is to have text wrap on as a default. Even then, the wrap is applied in such a fashion that it has no effect on the text. But I've never tried the step you describe of updating the link. Let me take a look...

Well, well, well, It does indeed behave the way you say.

And the problem is that you can't retroactively switch it off in the UI.

OK, here's a JavaScript that'll do the job for InDesign CS (is that what you're using?):

app.findPreferences = null;
app.changePreferences = null;
myInlines = app.activeDocument.search("^g",false,false,undefin ed);
myLim = myInlines.length;
for (i=0;myLim>i;i++){
myInlines[i].pageItems[0].textWrapPreferences.textWrapType = TextWrapTypes.none;
}

Copy and paste that as a plain text file and save it with the name RemoveWrapFmInlines.js in the Scripts folder of the Presets folder of the InDesign application folder. Double-click its name in the palette and it will reset any text wraps that are applied to your inlines to none.

The way to avoid getting into this situation is to have text wrap switched off by default.

Dave

[Stephen_Field@adobeforums.com]

Thank you Dave.

I removed the text wrap by setting the text wrap pallette to "No text wrap" but I still got the same result. Maybe I am doing something wrong.

However, I used your script and that corrected the problem.

[Dave_Saunders@adobeforums.com]

The reason your change in the UI didn't work is because that only applies to future graphics. You had already applied text wrap to those inlines (an accidental feature) and there is no way in the UI to remove the wrap.

Dave