Unlink text frames not working

[John T]

I was sent an article which ended on page 17, I carried on with more articles starting on page 18.

I was then told the original article was not complete.

I have tried to add extra pages after 17 but, the link jumps over the new pages.

My problem is I can not unlink page 18 from 17 to continue the article.

I select the red triangle bottom right of p17 (image 1), a red X shows but, when I try to unlink every page after p18 appears as blank pages (image 2)Windows 10 Publisher V2.3.1

Is this a bug? thanks.

 

 

 

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Edited January 22, 2024 by John T
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[Old Bruce]

15 minutes ago, John T said:

I was sent an article which ended on page 17, I carried on with more articles starting on page 18.

I was then told the original article was not complete.

I have tried to add extra pages after 17 but, the link jumps over the new pages.

My problem is I can not unlink page 18 from 17 to continue the article.

This looks like you have one continuous text with both (all) articles. Nothing wrong with that. What you need to do is select the text which is to be added and then paste that text into the text flow after the original end of the article on page 17. No need to add pages after page 17, you'll need to add pages at the end of the whole text flow.

So open the newly received article in Word or TextEdit or whatever application it is written in and select the new text from the end and copy it, then paste that into the Publisher document at page 17.

21 minutes ago, John T said:

My problem is I can not unlink page 18 from 17 to continue the article.

I select the red triangle bottom right of p17 (image 1), a red X shows but, when I try to unlink every page after p18 appears as blank pages (image 2)Windows 10 Publisher V2.3.1

The reason the pages appear to be blank is because you have broken the text flow.

[John T]

Thank you that worked a treat. I was worried the overflow text would jump over page 18.

Si if a link is broken all the text is lost even though the empty pages are all still linked. I must remember that.

Many thanks for your usual expert help.

[Old Bruce]

@John T The text is not lost, it is still there in the text flow. There just are no more text frames to hold and display it.

[John T]

Thank you @Old Bruce