InDesign expert Peter Kahrel wrote a free script for InDesign users that solves a common annoyance, and is graciously sharing it with other InDesign fans here at InDesignSecrets.com.
Normally, when you’re writing your Great American Novel and come to the end of the last page’s text frame, InDesign just oversets that frame, it doesn’t add a page for you. You have to do that yourself, and then thread the overset frame to a new one on the new page. Only then can you switch back to the Type tool and continue typing.
Peter’s cross-platform Javascript is called Add-a-Page. It’s simple but oh-so-useful: it adds a page at the end of the current document, places a text frame on it, and links the new text frame to the one containing your text cursor.
With the script installed, that means when you’re nearing the end of the last text frame, you could just double-click Peter’s script in the Scripts palette (or use a keyboard shortcut you’ve assigned to it), and keep typing. The cursor jumps to the frame in the next page when it needs to, and your train of thought is uninterrupted.
Thanks, Peter!
This article was last modified on December 18, 2021
This article was first published on June 25, 2006
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