Textrahmen trennen und Inhalt erhalten/Separate text frames and preserve content

[StefanGold]

Wie kann ich denn 2 Textrahmen so trennen, dass die Texte in beiden Rahmen erhalten bleiben?

How can I separate 2 text frames so that the texts in both frames are retained?

[walt.farrell]

1. Select the text in the second text frame and Edit > Cut to save and delete it.
2. Choose the Move Tool, click on the first text frame.
3. Click on the lower-right linking triangle.
4. Move the cursor over the text frame, and it should turn into a "delete link" cursor. Click.
5. Select the second text frame, and Edit > Paste to restore its content.

Note: This assumes that the second frame was the last one in the text flow. If the second frame linked to a third one that contained text, it's harder.

[StefanGold]

19 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

1. Select the text in the second text frame and Edit > Cut to save and delete it.
2. Choose the Move Tool, click on the first text frame.
3. Click on the lower-right linking triangle.
4. Move the cursor over the text frame, and it should turn into a "delete link" cursor. Click.
5. Select the second text frame, and Edit > Paste to restore its content.

Note: This assumes that the second frame was the last one in the text flow. If the second frame linked to a third one that contained text, it's harder.

Well, of course, this works, but this whole thing should be improved by Serif!

[loukash]

2 hours ago, StefanGold said:

this [w]hole thing should be improved by Serif!

Fair enough, InDesign has a neat 1-step trick here: select the text frame and duplicate it.
That doesn't work in Publisher.

[StefanGold]

12 hours ago, loukash said:

Fair enough, InDesign has a neat 1-step trick here: select the text frame and duplicate it.
That doesn't work in Publisher.

After more than 20 years with Indesign, it feels very hard to make the switch in many places.
In some places Serif should urgently rethink and reprogram.

[loukash]

1 minute ago, StefanGold said:

After more than 20 years with Indesign, it feels very hard to make the switch in many places.

Geht mir auch so…

[Joachim_L]

1 minute ago, StefanGold said:

After more than 20 years with Indesign, it feels very hard to make the switch in many places.

Comparing 20 years of Indesign to 2 years of APu, we came quite far already. I wonder where we get in 18 years. 🤔

[StefanGold]

9 minutes ago, Joachim_L said:

Comparing 20 years of Indesign to 2 years of APu, we came quite far already. I wonder where we get in 18 years. 🤔

In 18 years I hope to be retired 😁

But until then, I think I'll work with Publisher. Of course, we're only at version 1.9.1, so you can't compare that to version 6 of Indesign either.