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• • March 22, 2017 at 12:20 pm #93047
    Kayla Montgomery

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    I have designed a real estate magazine which features 4 properties on each page in price order, highest to lowest. The total document is currently 40 pages, but it will grow quite a bit. Each time a new property comes on the market, I want to add it in price order. To save myself from having to shuffle properties around and update the subsequent 30 or so pages, is there a way to either A) assign each object a number and then sort those automatically across the pages in order or B) insert a new object where it should go, and the subsequent objects move to the next space/page automatically? I’d appreciate any insight or suggestions! Thank you!

  • March 22, 2017 at 1:44 pm #93049
    Kai Rübsamen

    Member

    Your task is not clear, since a visual example is missig. Anyway: The easiest way would be, if everything is in one flow. Even if it is possible to script this, the scripter would probably spent hours to do this and this must be paid!

  • March 22, 2017 at 4:43 pm #93050
    Matt Kelsoe

    Member

    You could manage it with varriable data keep your data organized in your csv then merge to new document.

  • March 23, 2017 at 7:26 am #93060
    Kayla Montgomery

    Member

    Here is a screen shot of the magazine layout. I’m a self-taught InDesign user and don’t know anything about scripting. I just know that it’s a lot of work to move 50+ properties when only 1 has to be inserted! I would LOVE if the properties could be sorted by price by running a script. I am willing to pay if something like this can be done.

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/7sb2imrmr9djevy/magazine%20screenshot.JPG?dl=0

  • March 23, 2017 at 7:32 am #93061
    Kai Rübsamen

    Member

    Kayla, your sorting order isn’t self explanatory, since the $300.000 comes between 329 and 315. However: There is no script needed if the document is built in a right way (everything is in one flow).

    If you interested sent me a document to forumATruebiarts.de and I will have a look at it.

    Kai

  • March 23, 2017 at 8:01 am #93062
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    Here is an example of what Kai may be talking about (as a flow):
    https://www.lynda.com/InDesign-tutorials/Auto-reflow-images-grid/85324/493068-4.html#tab
    or
    https://creativepro.com/auto-reflowing-images-in-a-grid.php

    Often this kind of thing is done with data publishing though… probably depends on how many pages you need to do.

  • March 23, 2017 at 8:08 am #93064
    Kayla Montgomery

    Member

    David Blatner, this is exactly what I was looking for!! Thank you! Will this work from one page to another? I have 20+ pages of the same layout.

  • March 23, 2017 at 8:16 am #93065
    Kai Rübsamen

    Member

    David, some kind of. You did not show the invisibles. How is the gutter controlled? > tracking and a high number of autoleading?

    Here is another idea: I would work with columns or threaded frames depending on the order. Every arcticle has its own paragraph. So spaces are controlled bei gutter or style.

    Kai

  • March 23, 2017 at 11:38 am #93085
    Kayla Montgomery

    Member

    Hi all, it turns out “Smart Text Reflow” is the answer to our problem! It automatically generates new pages as we need them and deletes blank pages. Thank you to everyone who replied. You were all a big help!

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