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Hi,

 

I've created a document in Affinity Publisher on Windows. Within each chapter of the document, the text frames are all connected from one page to the next. If I break the links between the text frames, all the text bounces back to the first page of the chapter (in the invisible "doesn't fit in the text box" space) and the remaining text boxes on the other pages of the chapter become empty. Is there a way I can set it so that when I break the links between the text frames, the text stays where it is on it's appropriate page, instead of all disappearing back to the first page?

 

Thanks for any help!

Rebecca

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4 minutes ago, RebeccasPianoKeys said:

Is there a way I can set it so that when I break the links between the text frames, the text stays where it is on it's appropriate page, instead of all disappearing back to the first page?

As far as I know, no. That's just the way it works, for now. Maybe it will be improved someday.

But it shouldn't disappear back to the first page; just to the  page where you broke the link. And to get it back onto the other pages, just relink the one that overflowed to the next one you want it to start in. With the Frame Text Tool, click the red linking triangle on the lower right of the frame with the overflow text, then click the text frame you want it to flow into.

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
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    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

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Ok thanks. I'll make it work with a whole bunch of tedious copy-pasting then. Just didn't want to dive into that task without first checking if there was an easier way.

And yes, you're right, it only goes back to the most recent frame where I broke the link. The issue is that I want to delete some pages here and there throughout the document, and all the text and images etc that are on them, without it affecting the layout and text that is on the pages I'm not deleting. So I can't just rearrange the links. I need to make each page a stand-alone page so I can delete the pages I no longer want.

Thanks for your help! 

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You're welcome.

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
    Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2,  16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1

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