Joachim_L Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Until we get a proper Indesign import it would be nice, if we could combine textboxes to one. Copying from Indesign and pasting works, but every line of text is a separate text frame, so combining these frames would be handy. As of now text is transformed to curves if you combine text frames. Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjux3 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Yes, please...I have 45 pages of 4 or 5 text frames to combine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julio Alejandro Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 still no answer to this question. I imagine it is not possible to do then. a pain in the A** having to merge hundreds of individual lines after importing text. I really need help to solve this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Julio Alejandro said: still no answer to this question. I imagine it is not possible to do then. a pain in the A** having to merge hundreds of individual lines after importing text. I really need help to solve this. Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums. The context of the question (in this topic) was to deal with importing data from InDesign. That can now be done with IDML files, so (for this question) the issue should be resolved. What are you importing from, and how are you performing the import? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julio Alejandro Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 1 minute ago, walt.farrell said: Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums. The context of the question (in this topic) was to deal with importing data from InDesign. That can now be done with IDML files, so (for this question) the issue should be resolved. What are you importing from, and how are you performing the import? Hello Walt, Thanks for que fast answer. I import text from different sources since I am consolidating all in Affinity. I have a lot information that was given to me in PowerPoint and I'm copy/pasting it, and it divides the textboxes into single lines the same happened with PDF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 5 minutes ago, Julio Alejandro said: it divides the textboxes into single lines the same happened with PDF. First, if you Open a PDF you have a choice of how the lines are handled, and I would do that rather than copy/paste. If copying from Powerpoint you probably get a paragraph break after each line. Is that what you're referring to? I think that's different from what this topic was talking about, which seems to be getting individual text frames, not merely individual paragraphs. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julio Alejandro Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Imagine I have a text box in PowerPoint that has 3 paragraphs, and each paragraph has between 5 to 8 lines. when I copy the textbook to A Pub the text is divided in 15 to 20 different textboxes, one for each line. that is the problem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Thanks for that example. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julio Alejandro Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 in conclusion it is not posible to merge multiple textboxes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrettm30 Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 19 hours ago, Julio Alejandro said: Imagine I have a text box in PowerPoint that has 3 paragraphs, and each paragraph has between 5 to 8 lines. when I copy the textbook to A Pub the text is divided in 15 to 20 different textboxes, one for each line. that is the problem! I assume you copied the text box. Instead, try selecting the text inside the box, and paste it into a new box in Publisher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julio Alejandro Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Yes, I copy the textbook. if I copy the text inside the textbook is worst... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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