Text boxes - wrapping or linking?

Hi,
I need to wrap text around an image on my page.. but cant seem to find any way of doing this - or anything on google that helps.
Can I create a custom text box shape?  Or parhaps create two text boxes and link them together so the text flows from the first to the second?
Or is there another way of doing it I haven't thought of?
I'm using CS5 on a mac.
Thanks in advance.

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