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/6386527A37942448492EAC1A/6386527C37942448492EAC44/en_AU/2beac958bb294244263379c6eefa846f.png)