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Split column - continuous text flow?

New Here ,
Jul 28, 2017 Jul 28, 2017

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I have a paragraph split into 2 columns, divided by the gutter. Everything looks correct however I want the text to read continuously left to right, not divided into columns. Is there a setting to change text flow, or another method to achieve this?

Attached is a screenshot for reference. The goal is to make it read "This is a test" continuously left to right.Screen Shot 2017-07-28 at 4.48.39 PM.png

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Community Expert , Jul 28, 2017 Jul 28, 2017

Simply draw a no stroke / no fill rectangle in the center gutter and apply Text Wrap to it.

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With the text box selected open the Text Frame Options dialog box (Command/Control-B) and make sure that the frame is set to one column. See screenshot:

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Thank you for the reply. However, I want to maintain the gap between the gutter. Is there another way to achieve this besides 2 columns?

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I'm not sure why you would want to do this since a gap in the middle of a sentence seems kind of disconcerting. I don't know if there if there is a way. Even inserting tabs or using a flush space would be imprecise since the text would vary from line to line and be very difficult to line up in the manner you're requesting.

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The gutter will ultimately be a fold and I don't want the text to be illegible due to the crease the fold will make, so want to space the text around the crease. I would break the text into columned rows but there simply isn't enough real estate. If this isn't easily possible then I'll experiment with out layouts.

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If the gutter is to be a fold then why would you want the text to go across that fold? I did look at InDesign's Split column feature but even that does not provide an option to make the text read the way you're looking for.

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Simply draw a no stroke / no fill rectangle in the center gutter and apply Text Wrap to it.

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Jul 29, 2017 Jul 29, 2017

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That one was staring me right in the face it was so obvious! Bravo, Michael!

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You're welcome!    Never too late! …

Text flowing horizontally across two text boxes

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