How to link text boxes in InDesign: Create a text frame
You may not wish to copy our text formatting, mind you This enables you to spread a single article across two pages, or in text boxes either side of an illustration, and generally expands the range of InDesign projects you can take on. Then you can either click on another object to establish the link or click (or drag) on the artboard to create a new object to flow text into.Continuing our beginner's guide to Adobe InDesign, in this tutorial we show how to link two text boxes so that text flows across the two.
To do this, click on the plus sign with a selection tool to change the pointer to a text icon. You can flow text into a newly created object without using the commands available on the Type menu. Or, if you change the stacking order of objects that are linked text boxes (by selecting Object Arrange and choosing a stacking option), text will flow from the top object into lower objects within the stacking order. When you link text in multiple objects, the text flows from the earliest created object into the objects created later. The Remove Threading option breaks the linkage between shapes, but does not affect the type in objects. The Release option can be used when type is flowed into several shapes, and releases only the selected object from the flow of type. Or choose Type Threaded Text Remove Threading to break the link between the text blocks. You can unlink text boxes by selected them and choosing Type Threaded Text Release Selection. Text will flow from the text box into the new shape, as shown in Figure 10-5.įigure 10-5: Flowing text from one box into another Use the Selection tool to select both the original text box and the new shape. Use any tool to create an additional closed path or shape, as shown in Figure 10-4.įigure 10-4: Preparing a text box to flow text into As you enter more text than the text box can hold, you won t see the text, but Illustrator will store it and it will be available for a linked text box.Īfter you ve typed more text than your text box will hold, you ll notice the tiny plus sign on the right side of the text box. After you draw the box, type enough text to fill the square. Start by using the Type tool to draw a text box about 1 inch square. To link two text boxes, follow these steps: The following steps will walk you through that process. You can then flow text from one shape into another. The basic routine for linking text boxes is to select both the original (overflowing) text box and another shape (any shape), and link the two objects.
Figure 10-3: The overflow text icon indicates that there is more text than fits in the text box.
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