Cutie
02-23-2009, 12:00 AM
How to link text frames in In Design?
PrintDriver
02-23-2009, 12:19 AM
From InDesign Help:
Using text frames
... Text frames can also be connected to other text frames so that the text in one frame can flow into another frame. Frames that are connected in this way are threaded. Text that flows through one or more threaded frames is called a story. When you place (import) a word-processing file, it comes into your document as a single story, regardless of the number of frames it may occupy. (See About threading text frames.)...
Threading Text Frames (from InDesign Help):
To add a new frame to the thread:
1. Using the Selection tool Selection tool , select a text frame, and then click the in port or out port to load a text icon. Clicking the in port lets you add a frame before the selected frame; clicking the out port lets you add a frame after the selected frame.
2. Position the loaded text icon Loaded text icon where you want a new text frame to appear, and then click or drag to create a new text frame.
TipWhen the loaded text icon is active, you can perform many actions, including turning pages, creating new pages, and zooming in and out. If you start to thread two frames and change your mind, you can cancel the thread by clicking any tool in the Toolbox. No text will be lost.
To add an existing frame to the thread:
1. Using the Selection tool, select a text frame, and then click the in port or the out port to load a text icon.
2. Position the loaded text icon over the frame you want to connect to. The loaded text icon changes to the thread icon.
Adding existing frame to thread
Adding existing frame to thread
3. Click inside the second frame to thread it to the first.
To show text threads:
1. Choose View > Show Text Threads.
2. Using either Selection tool, select any frame in the story.
If you want to see threads from different stories at the same time, Shift-click to select a frame in each story. To turn off text threads, choose View > Hide Text Threads.
To add a frame inside a sequence of threaded frames:
1. Using the Selection tool, click the out port at the point in the story where you want to add a frame. When you release the mouse button, a loaded text icon appears.
2. Drag to create a new frame, or select a different text frame. InDesign threads the frame into the series of linked frames containing the story.
PrintDriver
02-23-2009, 12:20 AM
There are pictures illustrating the above also in the Help section.
Cutie
02-23-2009, 12:36 AM
Thanks Print Driver, I got similar info on this link too: http://www.adobepress.com/articles/article.asp?p=483800&seqNum=3
Well thanks for your efforts too.
garricks
02-23-2009, 12:39 AM
Cutie, in your InDesign package the last DVD contains training materials from Lynda.com that explain all of the basics for you.