title: How to add inline images in iText when using ColumnText in text mode
body: <pre><code>private void processImage(Phrase phrase, Picture picture, ColumnText column)
  {
      // TODO Auto-generated method stub
      byte[] pictureData = picture.getContent();
          float ls = 12.0f;
          float multiline = 1.0f;
          column.setLeading(ls, multiline);
          pictureData = WordToPdfUtils.getMetaFileAsImage(pictureData);           
  
      if (pictureData != null) {
          try {
              Image pic = Image.getInstance(pictureData);
              float[] scwh = scaleInlinePicture(picture);
              pic.scaleAbsolute(scwh[0], scwh[1]);
              phrase.add(new Chunk(pic, 0, 0, true)); 
              column.addText(phrase);         
          } catch (BadElementException e) {
              // TODO Auto-generated catch block
              e.printStackTrace();
          } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
              // TODO Auto-generated catch block
              e.printStackTrace();
          } catch (IOException e) {
              // TODO Auto-generated catch block
              e.printStackTrace();
          }
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When i add phrase containing inline image to the ColumnText, the image appears to overlap on the above paragraphs in the generated pdf, how to add inline images while working with ColumnText.
  A link to sample pdf file generated with the issue is as below</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/pof5l43eku1dtca/sample%281%29_itext.pdf?dl=0" rel="nofollow">pdf sample with inline picture issue</a>
  Thank you.</p>