PdeP Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 (edited) Hi guys - any helpful suggestions gratefully received. Here's the scenario: I use this excellent software to format print books. These can be printed in various sizes so I set up a master spread with a text box completely filling each left and right page of the spread. Then placing many pages of text into the first text box allows me to auto-create new spreads by shift-clicking the red overloaded symbol. Now here's the problem - all works well =except= it flows only into the left OR right pages, not both at the same time - which is what I need. In case you're wondering why I'm doing it this way, it's because it later allows me to alter all the page margins at once in the master pages which cascade throughout the regular pages, thereby allowing me to easily reformat a page for different book-sizes or margins without starting again and re-importing the content. I hope that's all a little clearer than mud Edited June 21, 2019 by PdeP rewording for clarity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted June 24, 2019 Staff Share Posted June 24, 2019 Hi PdeP, Welcome to the forums I'm relatively sure I have an understanding of your request. If you open your Master Spread, draw one text box on spread 1 and then use the Link icon to draw a second text box, linked to the first, on spread 2. Now open the first page your Master is applied to, select the first textbox and use File>Place to place your text. Shift click on the red symbol and you should find the text is overflowed to all pages as required, both the left and right side of the spread. I've attached a quick screen recording of this below, I hope it helps! Place multiple pages.mp4 Kabeljauws 1 Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affinity-Inspiration Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 So the text frames have to be applied to the master, or simply to a page, like page 3 etc? Quote iPad Mini 6. 256GB. Publisher. Designer. Photo for Mac, PC & iOS @Affinity-Inspiration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted July 30, 2019 Staff Share Posted July 30, 2019 If you want the text frames to automatically flow to new pages this will have to be set on the master page Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 It would work with a text frame drawn on a document page as long as facing pages are not used. Dan C 1 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...
Staff Dan C Posted July 30, 2019 Staff Share Posted July 30, 2019 I hadn't thought about not using facing pages, thanks Walt walt.farrell 1 Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affinity-Inspiration Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 I put this on Affinity Publisher FB group. Autoflow text into a page, and self replicate automatically adding pages as needed AutoFlow Text in Affinity Publisher.mp4 Quote iPad Mini 6. 256GB. Publisher. Designer. Photo for Mac, PC & iOS @Affinity-Inspiration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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