On Aug 29, 2011, at 1:18 PM, john Culleton wrote: > On Sun, 28 Aug 2011 22:23:02 -0600 > Mike Sleger <chappa-ai at q.com> wrote: > >> After doing some research on Google as to why I cannot wrap text in >> my text frame around an imported SVG (short answer is - you can't), I >> naturally have to wonder why not? If all the polygons in an imported >> SVG are in a group, and that group has a rectangular extent, why can >> it not be used for wrapping text? Also, why are contour lines not >> available on groups, just frames? It seems hokey that I should have >> to ungroup the imported SVG (not good when it contains dozens of >> polygons), or superimpose a "dummy" frame over the group, simply for >> wrapping text. The naive approach would be simply select the group, >> go to the Group tab in PP, and select a text wrap option under Shape >> (if it wasn't grayed out). >> >> Mike >> >> > > > You can always overlay your svg rectangle with a transparent > rectangle or graphics frame of similar dimensions. Takes about > 10 seconds.
Yes, that's what I resorted to doing (actually took about 30 seconds to get it all configured). But that causes IMO an unnecessary extra object on the page. If an item group included a contour path, then text could wrap around that just as easily as any other shape, without adding any additional objects to a page.
