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Cutting text thread and retaining the layout

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    • #60002
      Simon Judd
      Member

      Hi everybody.

      Is there any way in which I can cut the text thread between two text boxes, but keep the text in the boxes independently?

      Thanks in advance :-)

    • #60011
      Tom Pardy
      Member

      Well, yes and no.

      Here is one way that does achieve what you want (kinda): If you select the last text frame and cut it (Command-X on a Mac or the menu item Cut). You can immediately paste it back in place (Option-Shift-Command-V on a Mac or the menu item Paste in Place) and it will contain all the text that was originally in it but without the link to the previous text frame. The gotcha is that the previous text frame will now display the little red cross in its out-port indicating that there is overset text. You could, of course, do the same cut-and-replace for each of the other text frames in the series (including the first one) but that seems a tad tedious.

      Here is a second way to break a thread that is not so good for your purpose: With the selection tool (black arrow), double-click on either the in-port of a text frame or the out-port of the previous text frame. Unfortunately, this empties the frame following the port you double-clicked and all subsequent frames (although subsequent frames, although now empty, remain linked to each other).

      Here is a third way that is also not so good: With the selection tool, click either the out-port or the in-port where you wish to cut the thread. Then, with the cursor loaded (and showing the link icon) click in the text frame immediately up-stream of where you previously clicked. Again, the text frame immediately down-stream of where you cut the thread (and all subsequent text frames) will now be empty and the last filled text frame will show the overset text icon.

    • #60030

      There's a script called SplitStory included with InDesign which basically automates the first method Furry describes (cutting the frame, pasting it back into place, and deleting the overset text in the previous frame). Or Rorohiko does a free plug-in called Text Stitch, which has an unstitch action that can break every text thread on the spread. I do this quite a lot!

    • #90074
      Carey Martin
      Member

      HI Rhiannon, you might think this a dumb question, but now I’ve downloaded the items and put them into the plug in folder, how do I install them and see them when using InDesign?

      I’m used to using the basics, not all these helpful extra things. I’ve wanted a simple way to unthread two frames for ever. I have no idea why it is not simpler.

      Thanks

      Carey

    • #90156
      Jeff Potter
      Member
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