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/5E5D8C9209462206663369DE/5E5D8CAA0946220666336A0B/en_GB/d7c81f86c1742d6b29e38a85e0100afd.png)