inline object
An inline 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 inline with text.](https://help.apple.com/assets/65E6150B6FF3556065071CF8/65E6150D60D78F13600351DE/en_GB/3e98c516b9b93eaede8f9da2a209e7a7.png)