“Images flow inline with text — InDesign does this, can Quark?”
I saw this today on the Mac News Network forum: 
Images flow inline with text – InDesign does this, can Quark?
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Q:
Is QuarkXPress able to do this? We have Quark 6.5.
(from an M.I.T. how-to for InDesign) Images Inline with text: You can place your cursor in the main text frame and just choose File> Place. Just click with the loaded cursor where you want the image to appear. This will place your picture inside a text frame of the correct size inline with your text. This means that if you choose “Select All” both the text and images will become selected. This means that you won’t be able to select and replace only the text. However, the benefit is that the images will move with the text, so that if you want the images to be located near specific phrases, you don’t have to worry about the location changing if you add or remove text. You do not need to worry about text wrap with this method. Just enlarge the text frame if the text gets too close to the pictures.
Reply #1:
Yes, since version 3. Create a picture box, cut it, place your cursor where you want it to appear in the text, paste.
Reply #2:
It’s a surprisingly little-known feature. So many times I’ve used this and people have been like, “Holy cow! He’s hacking Quark!”
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It seems to me that there’s a tremendous opportunity for QuarkXPress trainers out there. With a little help from Quark, hundreds of thousands (millions?) of users could be introduced to the “new” features in QuarkXPress 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
Maybe Quark could wage an information war, bombarding customers with regular communications on exactly what QuarkXPress is capable of. It’s clear that most users have no idea of the power waiting inside QuarkXPress.
Just a thought.
Jay Nelson is the editorial director of PlanetQuark.com, and the editor and publisher of Design Tools Monthly. He’s also the author of the QuarkXPress 8 and QuarkXPress 7 training titles at Lynda.com, as well as the training videos Quark includes in the box with QuarkXPress 7 . In addition, Jay writes regularly for Macworld and Photoshop User magazines and speaks at industry events.
Is Quark able to have anchored objects like InDesign?
Ummm… yeah. That’s what the article is about.
Anchored objects are different than inline objects. I can move an anchored object outside the text box and have it move relative to the specific location in the text.
Aha! I see. No, QuarkXPress doesn’t do that. I wish it did… Do you use that feature in InDesign a lot?
Absolutely, I use it much more often than inline graphics. It allows for more flexibility than inline graphics. Maybe Quark 8 will get it.
Speaking of Quark 8, any idea when it will come out?
Only the Quark folk know that… I have no clue.
I use the Anchored Objects in ID, too. Love them.
As a pre-press operator, I notice the more cute little tricks that customers use, the greater the chance of things going wrong. Not that this dosen’t work. You’re increasing the amount of things that the computer will need to do to make this happen. I always advise customers to keep their files as clean as possible, to insure that things will run smoothly. Little tricks are not a substitute for good design.
Hi Dennis. I appreciate your input. QuarkXPress has been doing this since version 3, back in the early 1990s. I’m guessing they’ve got it figured out. ;-)
QuarkXPress 8 adds the ability to hang drop caps outside a text box, and since an anchored picture box behaves exactly as a text character, it can also hang outside the box and move along with the text. Amazingly enough, we posted a video of how to use Hanging Characters today! See it at http://planetquark.com/2009/01/23/video-tutorial-hanging-characters/