Easiest way to obtain irregular text flow?

Hello,

I'm working on a redo of an existing company brochure and I am having a bit of trouble with a text block that is supposed to with the shape of an adjacent image.
What is the easiest way to achieve this?

Stephan

Hi
By default Xara can not wrap text around an object, but yuo can do it with Xara. Have a look at Xaraxone and workbook 33, Wrapping text around an object, at this link http://www.xaraxone.com/webxealot/workbook33/index.htm
Sven-Ingvar O

Thanks Sven-Ingvar,

Thank you for the link to Gary's guide on XaraXone. I hadn't looked there.

Unfortunately this 'trick' seems to work for left-justified text only.
At least, I could not get it to work with fully justified text.

So, I fear that the question remains open:
How to wrap (fully justified) text around an object?

Hints are welcome.

Stephan

Hi,

I guess there's no other way than to use a chain of text-boxes, each of which containing one single line of the text.

Here's how I worked it out.
I created one text block with the full paragraph.
I placed a copy of the same text in grey in the background, as a guide to maintain the correct linespacing.
I reduced the height of the 'black' text block to approx 1.5 lines.
The text obviously overflowed.
Next, I created a series of text boxes for the subsequent lines, using the grey text in the background as my lineheight guide.

Stephan

A good work around !
Sven-Ingvar O

While this is a clever workaround, it only emphasizes the need for Xara to incorporate this functionality if it's going to offer itself as an option for desktop publishing.

.joroho.