Place objects with text in Pages on Mac
In page layout documents, objects you add to a page are always anchored to a specific location (wherever you position them on the page). In word-processing documents, you can choose what objects are anchored to:
A specific location on the page: The object doesn’t move as you add text or other objects to the page.
Specific text: The object moves as you edit text, keeping the same relative position to its anchor in the text.
You can also choose how text flows (or wraps) with objects on the page. For example, text can wrap all around an object or just above and below it. In word-processing documents, the object can also be placed in-line with text anywhere in the document, so that it sits with and moves with the text as you type. In both page layout and word-processing documents, objects can also be pasted in-line with the text inside a text box or shape.
Anchor an object to the page or to text
In word-processing documents, you can change where an object is anchored — to its location on the page or to specific text. If anchored to text, the object moves with the text as you type, keeping the same relative position to its anchor (indicated by a marker 
) in the text.
Note: You can’t set linked text boxes to Move with Text; they must be set to Stay on Page.
Click the object to select it.
In the Format
sidebar, click the Arrange tab.Click a button in the Object Placement section:
Stay on Page: The object stays wherever you position it on the page; it doesn’t move as you add text or other objects.
Move with Text: The object maintains its position in relation to the text it’s anchored to.
If the document is set to show invisibles or if you select the object, you see a marker,
, in the text where the object is anchored. To change where it’s anchored, drag the object to a new location (the anchor moves as well).Note: If you choose Move with Text, then set the text wrap to In-line with Text, the object moves in-line (on the same line) with the text, and the relative anchor marker disappears. To keep the object in a relative position to the text, choose a different text wrap option.
Wrap text around an object
Click the object to select it.
In the Format
sidebar, click the Arrange tab.Click the Text Wrap pop-up menu, then choose an option:
Automatic: Text flows around the object as appropriate for the object’s placement on the page in relation to surrounding text.
Around: Text flows on all sides of the object.
Above and Below: Text flows above and below the object but not along its sides.
in-line with Text: The object sits on the baseline of the text and moves with the text as you type. (If you don’t see this option, make sure Move with Text is selected, and that you’re working in a word-processing document.)
If the object isn’t positioned where you want it, drag it to a new location in the text.
Note: You can’t place linked text boxes in-line; they must be set to Stay on Page.
None: The object doesn’t affect the flow of text.
If you’re working in a page layout document and the text in a text box or shape isn’t wrapping as expected around another object, make sure the object is layered in front of the text box or shape (select the object, then click Front in the Arrange tab of the sidebar).
If the object isn’t rectangular and you want the text to follow the object’s outline, click the Text Fit button on the right.
To change the amount of space between the text and the object, adjust the value in the Spacing field.
If the object has an alpha channel (transparency), you can make text show through the transparent area by adjusting the value in the Alpha field.
Place objects in-line with text in a text box or shape
You can paste images, image galleries, videos, text boxes, shapes and equations inside a text box or shape; the inner (nested) object automatically appears in-line with any text in the outer text box or shape (parent object).
If you haven’t already added a text box or shape to your page, or haven’t added the object you want to paste inside it, click the object buttons in the toolbar to add the objects you want to work with.
Select the object you want to nest inside a text box or shape, then press Command-X to cut it.
If the object is on the page, click to select it; if it’s in-line with text, double-click to select it.
Double-click the text box or shape where you want to paste the object so the insertion point appears inside it, then press Command-V to paste the object.
The pasted object is nested inside the parent object. If you see a clipping indicator
at the bottom of the object, you need to resize it to see all of its contents.To add text, click inside the text box or shape so you see the insertion point, then type.
If you accidentally select the nested object (three selection handles appear), click outside it to move the insertion point into the parent object.
Tip: If the nested object is a text box or shape, you can type or paste an image, shape or equation inside it. Select the nested object, click (if it’s a text box) or double-click (if it’s a shape) inside the nested object to see the insertion point, then type or paste the object.
Move an in-line object to the page
You can move an in-line object to the page so that it’s no longer in-line with text or nested inside another object.
Do one of the following:
Select an in-line object in the document body: Click it.
Select an in-line object inside a text box or shape: Double-click it.
Three selection handles appear, to show the in-line object is selected.
In the Format
sidebar, click the Arrange tab.Click Move to Page or Stay on Page.
The button name depends on whether the selected object is in-line with the body text or inside an object.