Getting Images To Stay With Text In Mac Pages

[@Angel-ec6ow]

Excellent video, I spend my free time writing but, never could figure out how to keep the images on the page I was writing instead of it moving with text…you’re a lifesaver-Thank you and keep them coming

[@loladobler3237]

that last bit abt how to use inline w text for pics btwn paragraphs game changer for me. could never figure out how to center a pic w the center icon option . ty!

[@carolinemyddelton580]

Another super-useful tutorial. I hadn't realised there were so many different ways that a picture could be anchored to the text. Thank you, Gary!

[@desertpatient]

Watching again...it is so nice as I keep all of your videos in my save so I can go back and find them quickly....

[@JasonMcFadden]

Eureka! I needed this! So good and useful, good timing too as I just discovered it. This is why I watch MacMost. Thanks!

[@davidnoble1485]

I am amazed that every video brings us new techniques and ways of doing things. I just cannot figure out where you find this wealth of knowledge, certainly not from Apple's paper instruction manuals. Most people would have their day filled in just producing the high quality videos leaving no time for extra research. I just wish I could remember half the things I learn from you 😄

[@macmost]

Doing the research is my favorite part. 😁

[@I_hate_HANDLES]

@@macmost your coder's mind make your video very clear and i love it

[@mathiasratzenbock2366]

Thank you so much, Highly helpful after so many many pages documents with images in them. Finally a good way to have the images stay where they should. Thanks

[@GuitarFosterParent]

You just saved me from pulling what's left of my hair out. Thank you!

[@hannahmartine4199]

Thank you for your clear and simple presentation style!

[@tangjolene]

Incredibly helpful! Thanks for doing what you do, Gary. God bless you~

[@DeborahGordillo]

Fantastic tutorial. Many thanks for this.

[@domique623]

Thanks for this amazing video! I just learned about Inline With Text that is exactly the option I was looking for.

[@scottcheggs7988]

S0 this has saved my Mac from being thrown out of the window. Thanks and thanks for all your videos. Bravo!

[@Slurkz]

Great one! Never knew about the anchors, thanks! 💜

[@Greg-fg1rd]

Really useful info. Thank you!

[@sportycat1234]

I am in love with you Gary! ❤ You can explain anything and make it easy to understand. And I learn so many little tips and tricks! I'm always thinking as I watch your videos, "Ooooh, THAT'S how you do it!" Now if I only had you in other areas of my life...

[@terrybarnes5343]

Thank you so much great video and well explained. I didn't realise you could do this in Pages

[@bigwoz78]

Great video Gary. Thank you

[@besttraveltips]

Great video, and very helpful to me as I’m in the middle of writing a document that contains visuals.

[@HoneyBadger-101]

Thanks Mr Garry you help a lot on finishing my course project book, because my supervisor using ms word there a lot of messing details which I struggled to make it neat and in a proper look Thanks a lot

[@kc123photo123]

This was very useful. Thank you!

[@jeanwillis2646]

You must be psychic Gary 😀 just when I needed to know this bam you made a ‘how to’ video…..thank you so much 👋🏼 🇬🇧

[@czei]

Very clear and concise, thank you. Unfortunately I was hoping to find some secret to getting "move with text" to actually work. With any document with more than a couple of images, inserting text above the image, even pages before, completely changes the image placement even when "move with text" is selected. In other words, "move with text" does not guarantee "move with text keeping the same formatting". I've added a single line and seen images jumping to the previous page or the subsequent page for no apparent reason.

[@macmost]

Right, it is moving with the text as the text reflows as you add things. Not sure what you mean that it is not keeping the same formatting though. What formatting is changing? Maybe explore using "Inline" instead?

[@andrewPEVNY]

“Fuckin’ Gary” is what I just said out loud as he revealed the secrets to exactly what I’ve been trying to figure.

[@viralvaghela8402]

Thanks man! you solved my problem subbed to you .

[@hiltonmarlton6373]

Thanks. This has been a big help.

[@RWH2006]

Thank you. The video is so helpful.

[@BrianRKing]

Thank you Sir for helping preserve my sanity....for today ;-)

[@AfarineGharibi]

Thank you. It saved me 😊

[@koajones5271]

Hi, I wanted to see if you had any suggestions for when working with full page images. I'm trying to layout a book in Pages and 300 pages contain an image every other page. The issue I'm experiencing is, every time I add additional text, or an additional page, it jumps the image page instead of the image moving down to the next page. I've tried clicking "Move with text" but it isn't working for the images on their own pages. Any suggestions on how to successfully move an entire image page? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.xx

[@iandouglas9942]

Thank you Gary, another excellent video. It took me years to work out what you covered in a few minutes. I still have one problem with images - how to produce a double page spread. I write in Pages, export to PDF, and publish books on Scottish history on Amazon Kindle. Sometimes it would be useful to have a double page spread photo of a castle, for example, to have a large landscape image in an otherwise portrait book. Is there any way this can be done, or do I need design software. Thanks again for you really informative videos.

[@macmost]

Sounds like you really need InDesign or the equivalent for your projects.

[@philippfolkerts6120]

Have you tried inserting the image on two consecutive pages? On the first page, display the left part of the image. On the second page, display the right side of the image? I'm imagining a coffee table book with a "centerfold", but it should work just as well in a portrait mode text-style format.

[@loisskiathitis8926]

Thank you, Gary! 👏🏻👍❤️

[@francescomanfredi]

Great lesson! Is it possible to have a similar lesson on pages for iPad? I am creating a guitar 🎸 manual inserting sores as pdf and it’s very difficult to move the pdfs without messing up all the text, am I missing something?

[@macmost]

The basics are the same.

[@SteveJobs_]

On Mac, Pages has some fatal bugs that were absurd. Put images in the document and press the space a few times from the top, then the images are combined. No matter how many times I ask the problem to Apple service center, they don't know how to fix it and they say it's like a bug.

[@SteveJobs_]

wow. inline with text solved this problem like Word. but can't moving images accurately. this is a big dilemma.

[@dianechayer6687]

Hi Gary, I followed your advice to wait until the text if finished before inserting the images. But as you well know, a text is never really finished and corrections are nearly endless. When I correct a text, adding a few lines or deleting a paragraph, it is always a mess with the images that go flying everywhere except those on a full page that I have locked. Now tell me, am I at fault or is it because the commands are not 100% trustworthy. Thank you.

[@KiteFlyingRobot]

Yes this happens to me also. When editing a document with images in it, I do exactly as you say in the video but some images still go flying around and it's very frustrating. @macmostvideo

[@godlikeexcellence1201]

I've grouped multiple objects to create a chart with arrows connecting objects. Why I can't choose "move with text", this option is nit clickable for that object. I want it to move with text

[@craigdavis4494]

Thank your Gary, again very helpful. I have a question as regards inserting a video into a Pages document. I can do this easily enough but I would like to know when it comes to viewing the video is there a way to skip to a specific portion of that video or skip back and forth in that video or does it have to be viewed start to finish only?

[@macmost]

Go to Format, Movie in the left sidebar and you can trim it there. But your other options are limited.

[@craigdavis4494]

@@macmost Thanks, I thought that to be the case, but if I were missing something I knew you were the one to ask.

[@muhmmadazad5668]

Thank u so muuuuchhhhhhh❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@aftondill2837]

awesome, thanks! coming from Word and Google Docs, this really bothered me. it’s cool that there is a way to make Pages act like them, but is there a way to have “move with text” and “inline with text” on by default for all new documents, or at the very least for all images in one document?

[@macmost]

No. But you can always copy and paste and then swap the image. You could also just use a rectangle shape, set it like you want, and then copy and paste that. Then drag and drop the image inside the shape. Lots to experiment with to find your best workflow.

[@Pedro-jj2ih]

hi Gary, you helped me so much once a while back with some issues I was having with pages, I have one more quick question, do you know how I can drag 50+ images from finder into pages and then stay in line with text in the order it was in finder? image 1 image 2 image 3 etc; every time I drag and drop it doesn't stay in order, it drops and kinda turns into to a mess, is there a solution? thanks Gary, love from Brazil!

[@macmost]

Drag and drop them, and with them, then with them all still selected, change to Inline. But the order is the order. Rearrange as needed. Or, maybe add them one-by-one. 50 isn't that much. So it takes you 15 minutes. If that is what you need to do...

[@TeleNox_]

Hi! I'm new to making things using mac and lately I've been using your guides for things like youtube thumbnails, but I'm curious; how do you get that perfect white trim around yourself in your thumbnail? The white outline looks really nice!

[@macmost]

I'm using Pixelmator Pro for the thumbnails. I just cut myself out and then apply a thick white Stroke to that layer.

[@ihazal]

Can u make a video about pages to word and keep formatting. While I converting pages to word, all the images goes to other pages

[@macmost]

The apps do things differently, so you are always going to have issues with specific placement of items and such. If you really need layouts to look good in Word, then use Word. If you just need to distribute to people who don't have Pages, export as PDF instead.

[@dannywelch9070]

Was hoping this video would explain how to “Write over an image” as a background.

[@macmost]

On a page in Pages? Just create a text box and put the text box on top of the image. Hard know if that fits your situation though.

[@cosimop1539]

Thank you man. I still got some problem, sometimes I have to cut and paste the image twice or three times to let it stay in his position but more than this, my main problem now, is that, after addi g a photo from phone, I can only ceop it once. If I exit from the crop tab, I cannot resize it anymore. Is just a problem for me? Or anyone else. Could you help me in any way please. Kind Regards C

[@macmost]

You should be able to crop it as much as you want.

[@cosimop1539]

@@macmost Hi thanks, I couldn t. But if I change from"in line with text" to "stay on page", I can change it and after, set up again "in line with text". It's very. I m trying to stick with Pages instead of Word, but this easy task seems really hard to do, with no explaination

[@chuey602]

what if the object placement doesn't let you pick neither?

[@macmost]

What do you mean, exactly? Neither ... what nor what?

[@mariannemaili]

Thank you!!

[@mariannemaili]

The turning images into paragraphs was the solution I needed to be able to convert them to EPUB and keep them in place!

[@andreasneumann3205]

Hi Gary, when I insert an image into a text, in 100 % of my cases I want to have it "inline with text" in its own paragraph. What I do: Place the cursor in the empty paragraph, insert the image, format it with "move with text" and "inline with text". Now the image is not in the paragraph where I have positioned the cursor so I have to cut it and then paste it into the empty paragraph where I want to place it. I see now easier way. Is there any?

[@macmost]

That's the way to do it, yes.

[@aftonbryce]

I am having trouble when I want to put 4 pictures that fill up the page with no text. Many times I will go back to look at it and the pictures are floating all over the place. If I put an anchor on the page I only see one anchor for all four pictures. I want them to move with the rest of my document text but they end up all over. Any fixes? Thanks

[@macmost]

So you are trying to anchor more than one picture to the same spot? I can see how that would cause issues. Set them all to Stay With Page. Then arrange them relative to each other like you wish. Then select them all and use Arrange, Group to make them a single item. Now set that group to Move With Text. So now you just have one group anchored to the text and not four separate images.

[@chayerdiane]

Can't thank you enough!

[@Land-of-reason]

Hi Gary, When I ‘converted to page layout’ my images have stayed, however, my text disappeared. Help.

[@macmost]

Right. It warns you of the when you try to convert. The body text is a special feature of WP mode and not in PL mode at all. So when you switch from WP to PL it disappears.

[@Land-of-reason]

@@macmost you are a genius. Totally misunderstood. Familiar with WORD but the transition to PAGES is not always obvious. Thanks for your kind help. I think that I need to do your course.

[@arindam1249]

thanks man

[@jeanginomiele7690]

Thank you.

[@desertpatient]

Thanks bunches

[@jeronimo271]

How can i write Text above the Image?

[@macmost]

Add a text box and place that above the image with the text you want.

[@ypu3ap]

What about TWO images one close to another?

[@macmost]

I would group them. Add the two images as Stay On Page. Select them both. Group. Then treat the group as one image and set that to Move With Text or whatever you want.

[@ypu3ap]

@@macmost Thanks

[@Jacob-rz3cl]

Thanks

[@amandasteven1400]

this helps immesnsely (as do all of these helpful hints!) luv my Mac and luv pages. however, when trying to use some features... pages does not seem to be very intuitive :)

[@valavanursankar]

Thank you it was useful to dummy like me

[@cat_227]

Textwrap = None was what I searched for

[@peet3144]

😮😮😮 NO OPTION TO PUT THE PICTURE BEHIND TEXT? 😢😢😢 How to give an answer when google is throwing an ERROR400? Ok, to your question: take a picture and place it behind written text. Won’t work.

[@macmost]

Sorry, I don't know what you are asking.

[@jeffspirer4832]

This is pathetic. I'm trying to do a simple document and Pages makes the image insertion more difficult than WordPerfect. It's like 1995 all over again.

[@chayerdiane]

Can't thank you enough!