How can I float text by text in Google Docs

Question

See the attached image below, which shows that a side-note is added so that the normal text of the document "floats around it":

1. How is that technique called - Is there a name for it?
2. And how can I accomplish that in Google Docs?

Answer 1

It is called text wrap and you can do it in Google Docs for example like this:

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If you want to do it with text box instead of an image add Drawing (Insert > Drawing...)

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