How to wrap text around Images in Google Docs
If you want wrap text around an image in Google Docs as you see in the newspapers, this tutorial will help you. It is useful when you need to customize a document containing simple images and large paragraphs of text. For your information, you do not need to install an add-on or use a third-party service.
Google Docs is a feature-rich alternative to Microsoft Word and lets you do almost everything possible in the desktop application. If you are creating a document and need to add a few images, there are several ways to do it. It is possible to display the image on the left or right side instead of the middle of the page. However, there is another trick that you can use to display text around the image. It looks different, classy and something like newspapers.
Before you start, you should know that the image size would be smaller. When wrapping text around the image, you may not want to use a high resolution image and text side by side.
How to wrap text around an image in Google Docs
To wrap text around an image in Google Docs, follow these steps:
- Create a document in Google Docs
- Insert a picture
- Select the Wrap text option
- Resize image
- Set a margin.
To get started, you need to open Google documents and create a new document. If you already have a file, you need to open it with Google Docs. Now you can insert an image into your file. To do this, select a location in your document where you want to add the image and go to Insert> Image option. After that, you need to choose a source from which you want to recover the image.
After choosing and inserting the image, click on it. You should see a blue border around the image. If yes, click on the second contextual option which says Wrap text.
You must now select and maintain the image and move where you want to place it. You can display it at the beginning or in the middle of a paragraph, or anywhere else. After that, resize the image to suit your needs and the appearance of the document. Hover your mouse in a corner after selecting the image and use the two-way arrow icon to do so.
You must now define a margin so that the text and the image are separated. To do this, click on the image, expand the drop-down menu of the margins and select a margin according to your needs.
That’s it! I hope this guide will help you.
Then read: How to wrap text around images and images in Microsoft Word.