Text flow on Publisher

[N Hodghton]

I've downloaded The Expert Guide to Publsher and tried to work out how to flow text from one page to another. The guide makes it very complicated (for me at least!). I tried to follow the instructions but it doesn't work for me.

Is there a simple way of doing it please?

 

[walt.farrell]

We'll need to know more about your document.

Are you using Master Pages, or not. Are you using Facing Pages, or not? 

Are you starting with a new document, or Opening some existing document (and if so, what kind of document)?

[MikeTO]

Here's a quick screen recording showing how to link and unlink text frames but you can probably find a video tutorial on it. Ensure View > Show Text Flow is enabled so you can see what you're doing. Also, you may find that going to Settings > Tools and setting Tool Handle Size to Large makes it easier to see the linking controls.

 

 

[N Hodghton]

Make TO, thanks for this. After a few dead ends I managed to flow text over three pages. Is there no easier way to doing it?

On Indesign I could do it by holding the shift key when placing text.

I'm sure I will be back for more advice!

Norman

[thomaso]

31 minutes ago, N Hodghton said:

Is there no easier way to doing it?

On Indesign I could do it by holding the shift key when placing text.

In Affinity you can place/paste the text into the text frame on the first page, then Shift-Click the text-flow triangle to get the required number of pages auto-created + auto-created text frames + auto-created text flow. Whereas an Option-Click causes just 1 next page + text frame + text flow.