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1. Re: Working with multiple text frames, catalog
P Spier Nov 22, 2014 3:04 PM (in response to wied0058)You want to make each of these frames an anchored object in a text thread. I recall an article at InDesign Secrets tat talks about this, I tink in conjunction with Data Merge.
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2. Re: Working with multiple text frames, catalog
wied0058 Nov 23, 2014 6:33 AM (in response to P Spier)I agree with that, but I am unable to figure out how to anchor the frames. Is it possible to anchor a text frame to another text frame--like a threaded primary text frame?
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3. Re: Working with multiple text frames, catalog
P Spier Nov 23, 2014 6:44 AM (in response to wied0058)At this point I think you really have two strategies. The first, as already mentioned, is to create a new empty text frame (really a set of threaded text frames that run through the pages), then cut your current frames and paste into the threaded frames to make them anchored objects. This would be much easier by script than manually. Did you check over at InDesignSecrets.com?
Te second is a bit more direct and might also work, or work in combination with making the images anchored objects, and that would be to define a fairly rigid set of paragraph styles that would enforce Keep Options to prevent any item listing from being broken across columns. You could then just thread all of your current frames together. There's a free script to do the threading over at rorohiko.com
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4. Re: Working with multiple text frames, catalog
wied0058 Nov 23, 2014 8:16 AM (in response to P Spier)This works! Thanks for your help. I went with the first option although I have yet to track down a script. I think after a bit more digging I'll find a way to make it work faster.


