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/61537F57CFE4A13B2238D15C/61537F5CCFE4A13B2238D173/en_US/45431b73246c2dbd21738a1e951d2b1e.png)