in-line object
An in-line object is an object that’s placed within the flow of text; it sits on the same line as the text and moves with the text as you type. If you paste an image, image gallery, equation, shape or video into a text box or shape, the pasted object is automatically placed inline with any text in the outer (parent) object.
![An image is placed in-line with text.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5ED5635E0946229C50055A35/5ED563640946229C50055A51/en_AU/d7c81f86c1742d6b29e38a85e0100afd.png)