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LINKING TEXT

Aug 8, 2012 7:50 AM

Hello,

 

I have a vertical layout and a horizontal layout. Bothe have Identical MSO that have text blocks. How can I link the the identical text the the two text blocks in each of the MSOs?

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  • SFS-DPS
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    1. SFS-DPS,
    Aug 8, 2012 8:06 AM   in reply to SFS-DPS
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    Also I notice that I can not export .icml (incopy link) from the MSOs ?

     
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  • Bob Bringhurst
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    2. Bob Bringhurst,
    Aug 8, 2012 8:07 AM   in reply to SFS-DPS
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    If you have InDesign CS6, you can use the Content Collector tool to set up a link between the layouts. With InDesign CS5/5.5, it's more difficult, but you link text with a workaround. See this article:

     

    http://blogs.adobe.com/indesigndocs/2010/12/sharing-text-between-two-i ndesign-documents.html

     
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    3. SFS-DPS,
    Aug 8, 2012 8:13 AM   in reply to Bob Bringhurst
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    Working in CS6.

     

    The Text is in a MSO...I cant even get Indesign to export a icml file for the text thats in one of the multi states.

     
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  • Bob Bringhurst
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    4. Bob Bringhurst,
    Aug 8, 2012 8:20 AM   in reply to SFS-DPS
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    Have you tried linking text using the Content Collector tool or Alternate Layouts?

     
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  • Neil Enns - Adobe
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    5. Neil Enns - Adobe,
    Aug 8, 2012 8:21 AM   in reply to SFS-DPS
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    Since you are in cs6 I recommend using the alternate layouts feature to get this. Design your horizontal layout, then generate an alternate layout in the same Indesign document to get a vertical layout with the text linked automatically.

     

    Neil

     
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    6. SFS-DPS,
    Aug 8, 2012 8:28 AM   in reply to Bob Bringhurst
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    I atempted but the CC tool picks up the whole MSO...As seen attached I have two compleate layouts and just want to link the text boxes for editors? Am I going about this wrong?Screen shot 2012-08-08 at 11.25.33 AM.png

     
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    Aug 8, 2012 8:34 AM   in reply to SFS-DPS
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    So Is my workflow wrong....

     

    I have been setting up framework for each format in masters...

    then go back through and drop in content to each one of the formats

     

    your saying I should compleate one finished doc and alternate each new format.

     

    But then you have to split your alternate layout in to seperate documents when it comes to build the folio? to have the correct file structure?

     
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  • Bob Bringhurst
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    8. Bob Bringhurst,
    Aug 8, 2012 8:35 AM   in reply to SFS-DPS
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    If you want to link only the text but not the MSO, try removing the text frame from the MSO. Then use the CC tool to copy/link only the text frame, and then add the text frames back to the MSOs in both layouts.  I haven't tried this yet. Let us know how it goes.

     
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    9. SFS-DPS,
    Aug 8, 2012 8:41 AM   in reply to Bob Bringhurst
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    Seems it .....Will not let you paste linked text into MSO

     
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  • Bob Bringhurst
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    10. Bob Bringhurst,
    Aug 8, 2012 10:06 AM   in reply to SFS-DPS
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    Try using the Add button in the Object States panel to add the text frame to the state. You need to have both the text frame and the MSO selected.

     
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    11. SFS-DPS,
    Aug 8, 2012 12:58 PM   in reply to Neil Enns - Adobe
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    Ok Have used Create Alternate layout to create _V from the _H.

     

    Everything seems to be linked.

     

    However When I release the MSO it no longer works in the Object State preview panel?

     
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