Text wraps only on text layer

This check makes sure that any text wrap is applied only to objects on text layers and reports when text wrap has been applied to any objects on NON text layers.

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A text wrap (sometimes referred to as a ‘runaround’) is an InDesign effect to control how text can be pushed around an object, often an image.

Text wrapping around an object in InDesign

Because the content of text frames and the position of text is editable by translators any text wrap objects are positioned on the TEXT layer.

Also, because images can be swapped or flattened as part of the process to prepare files for translation, by placing all text wraps on the text layer we remove the possibility of any text moving during that process.

Sometimes, to achieve the effect of wrapping text around an image, a text wrap object needs to be copied to the text layer and applied to an object with no fill or stroke colour.

To remove text wrap from an object, with the object selected, use the InDesign Text Wrap panel (InDesign Window menu > Text Wrap) and select the leftmost button to set ‘no text wrap’.

InDesign's Text Wrap panel with No Text Wrap option selected

InDesign Online Help on Text Wrap