Creating text frames for over-filled text issue.

[Jim Vormelker]

When I hover over or click on the hollow red triangle, lower right of a text frame, with the Text Frame tool selected, the line with circles on the ends does not change to the Text Frame tool as it does in the video tutorial and will not drag to the next page to define a new text box.

I assume this to be a pilot error  - but can't see how to correct it.

[walt.farrell]

In my experience, you just click the triangle, then move the Frame Text Tool to wherever you want the linked frame, and draw the frame. Which tutorial are you watching, and at what point do you see the behavior you've described?

[Jim Vormelker]

The video is "Linked Text Frames" from the Help menu > Tutorials. Create Text Frames on overflow is at the ~2:49 point.

In the video, the icon clearly changes to a Text Frame drawing tool on either hover or click and it changes. Not on my machine.

[walt.farrell]

16 minutes ago, Jim Vormelker said:

In the video, the icon clearly changes to a Text Frame drawing tool on either hover or click and it changes.

No, it clearly changes to the Text cursor upon a click, not a click or a hover. He was hovered for a long time. And then he said to Click (which he did), and the cursor changed. Then he moved the cursor someplace else, and drew out a new text frame.

That's exactly how it works on my machine.

Note that you do not drag from that icon in this scenario. You click, then you move the cursor, then you drag the new text frame.

 

[Jim Vormelker]

Actually, my point was that on my machine it does not change with either the click or the hover.

What I did wrong [ I knew the pilot was under qualified ] was click AND drag. Click THEN go to the target location and drag the box actually does just what the man said to do.

Your patience and the time you put into this is appreciated.

 

[walt.farrell]

Glad to have helped, and glad you've got it working