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Libraries and threaded text frames

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    • August 15, 2015 at 7:43 pm #77342
      Thomas Emerick
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      Is there a way to add all of the text of a story that is threaded across multiple text frames into one library item? I want to be able to drag a long, multiple-page story from my library into a document (maybe in a text frame with overset text that I can then re-flow?). Is this possible?

    • August 16, 2015 at 6:53 am #77344
      David Blatner
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      No, you can only add objects to libraries (and if the story is inside the object, then that comes, too). You would need to drag out the object, then click the overflow port, then Shift-click on the next page to have it flow the whole story.

    • August 16, 2015 at 12:31 pm #77350
      Thomas Emerick
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      Thanks, David. Got it. If I drag a text frame with overset text (that hasn’t yet been flowed into subsequent frames) into the library panel, all of the text comes with it. That’s what I needed. I had text that was threaded through 2 frames, and when I dragged only the first frame into the library, it didn’t bring the text that was threaded into the second frame. Logical, I guess, since the second frame is a separate object. Appreciate the quick response.

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