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1. Re: Overset text / text threading / little red box / shortcut ??
P Spier Aug 30, 2012 11:47 AM (in response to Ceencha)None that I know of....
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2. Re: Overset text / text threading / little red box / shortcut ??
Joel Cherney Aug 30, 2012 12:06 PM (in response to Ceencha)Is there a shortcut ? They put the little red box RIGHT NEXT to another little square.
I think that was the live corners tool? I can't remember, I turned it off ASAP because it interfered with me getting at the overset text indicator. Yup, it was View -> Extras -> Hide Live Corners. Especially frustrating when you're dealing with many small text frames.
Sometimes - especially when someone has not used layers in a document and I'm dealing with a single layer with a stack of twenty overlapping objects - I find it easier to draw a new text frame, then click on its in-port and connect it to the out-port with the red symbol/overset text indicator. Because it's true, it's sometimes awfully difficult to get to the outport to load up your place gun with the overset text.
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3. Re: Overset text / text threading / little red box / shortcut ??
P Spier Aug 30, 2012 12:25 PM (in response to Joel Cherney)even better, when you go backwards like that you don't have to click onthe red plus sign, you can just click inside the frame that has it.
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4. Re: Overset text / text threading / little red box / shortcut ??
Ceencha Sep 3, 2012 6:44 AM (in response to P Spier)I tried View -> Extras -> Hide Live Corners but unfortunately it didn't help me select that little red box.
:-(
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5. Re: Overset text / text threading / little red box / shortcut ??
Steve Werner Sep 3, 2012 6:57 AM (in response to Ceencha)Show/Hide Live Corners turns off the little yellow box at the upper right that allows you to interactively change the corners of frames.
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6. Re: Overset text / text threading / little red box / shortcut ??
twilly910 Oct 9, 2012 12:49 PM (in response to Ceencha)When I have the little red box that says I have text and I grab it, there is no text after. I have created several more text boxes on following pages, thinking I possibly had a page or paragraph break, but can't find any text when I do that either... It's driving me crazy - does anyone have any suggestions?
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7. Re: Overset text / text threading / little red box / shortcut ??
P Spier Oct 9, 2012 1:09 PM (in response to twilly910)Open the story in Story Editor and find out why it's overset. The problem will be in the first few words ov overset text, most likely.
Something is keeping ID from breaking the line and it's too long to fit the frame width.
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8. Re: Overset text / text threading / little red box / shortcut ??
Bo LeBeau Oct 9, 2012 1:15 PM (in response to twilly910)First go to the TYPE menu, SHOW HIDDEN CHARACTERS. then click the text box in question, go to the EDIT menu, EDIT IN STORY EDITOR.
The end of story indicator # should be right after the last character in your text.
Story editor makes it very easy to see extra returns, hidden text, etc. Its also easy to edit text without the distraction of formatting.
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9. Re: Overset text / text threading / little red box / shortcut ??
twilly910 Oct 9, 2012 1:26 PM (in response to P Spier)You are brilliant – that was it!!!
Vickie
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10. Re: Overset text / text threading / little red box / shortcut ??
P Spier Oct 9, 2012 1:25 PM (in response to twilly910)Please delete your persaonl info when replying by email. Everything gets posted on the web page.
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11. Re: Overset text / text threading / little red box / shortcut ??
twilly910 Oct 9, 2012 1:31 PM (in response to P Spier)Thank you all so much.
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12. Re: Overset text / text threading / little red box / shortcut ??
Nick Schale Apr 8, 2014 7:54 AM (in response to Ceencha)So, I ran into this continuously... the red plus sign in the red square seems to ALWAYS be on the expand box handle.
My workaround / solution:
If I already have more than one threaded box, delete all of them except the first one.
Then, make empty text boxes where you want the thread to happen.
They will be invisible to see but you should be able to remember the general area they are at.
Select the box with the text, control+click the rest of the areas then: Type -> Threaded Text -> Make
Hope this helps.





