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/62967DE87EEB3169244F860C/62967DEA7EEB3169244F862F/en_AU/2beac958bb294244263379c6eefa846f.png)