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• • May 6, 2020 at 6:57 am #1248196
    Ari Weinstein

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    Hello there, I’ve been facing an issue that I can’t seem to understand.

    I’ve got this document : https://drive.google.com/open?id=1bYG7EIVYn_VZm350TALcX_XJZmYthz_O
    2 pages, and some text (with corresponding paragraph styles) that flow over 2 frames : one on the left page (at the bottom), and the next on the right (at the top).

    My goal is simple : I want to keep my title with the next paragraph.

    I use the option “Keep with next : 1 line” in my “Title” paragraph style, but when my text starts with the green title, Indesign shows me a Keep option violation, and the title doesn’t go on the 2nd textframe.

    This issue seems to occur only on this situation (when the text starts with the title) : if I add some text before the title, the keep options work as expected : my title goes to the 2nd textframe.

    I don’t understand why Indesign can’t honor the keep options ?

    The document is generated by scripting but I don’t think that it’s relevant for my issue.

    I hope my message is clear enough, english is not my main langage (and my Indesign is in French!)

  • May 6, 2020 at 7:37 am #1248208
    Marc Verhaegen

    Member

    In my opinion, this is just how Indesign works. The keep-options are meant to work in threaded textframes to keep flowing text organized. In your case, you start a new textframe at the bottom of the page and then move on to the next page. The question is more “Why would you do that?”.

  • May 6, 2020 at 7:42 am #1248218
    Ari Weinstein

    Participant

    Thanks for your quick answer Marc !
    I see what you mean, and you’re right, i shouldn’t place a textframe here (actually, my script place it here !). So I think I might need to re-think how my script behave to prevent this scenario from happening.
    Have a nice day Sir and thanks for your time

  • May 6, 2020 at 7:44 am #1248228
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    That is an interesting problem! I never thought of that… but yes, InDesign will not honor a Keep option if it means that the frame will be empty.

  • May 6, 2020 at 7:54 am #1248238
    Ari Weinstein

    Participant

    I wish this behavior didn’t exist, it will be so easier for what I need to achieve, but hey I don’t work at Adobe hehe. I guess I’ll find a way through scripting, as always !

    I think I can try to simply delete the textframe if it only contains 1 line, after executing my “trigger page break” function.
    If I run into more issues, i’ll post in the scripting section !
    Thanks David

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