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On 7/28/2019 at 11:20 AM, andrecampeau said:

I have been trying to use the continuation fields (Next Frame, Previouse Frame)

To use continuation fields you need to have the frames linked.

You have a separate frame with "See page <Next Page Number>" on the initial page, and a separate frame with "From page <Previous Page Number>" on the target page. But the frames are not linked together. For example, you have a link from the main text on page 2 to the "from page" frame on page 4, but what you need is a link from the "see page" frame to the "from page" frame.

So, the main text frames need to be linked together, so the text flows. And the See and From frames need to be linked together so the references work.

 

-- Walt
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2 minutes ago, andrecampeau said:

I looked in the Help menu but there was no indication to do that. I was doing it the same way I do it in InDesign. How do I link the two boxes (see page and from page)? 

Click the lower right triangle on the "see" frame. Then click the upper left triangle on the "from" frame.

 

-- 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

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You're welcome.

If you're wanting a consistent style for those pairs of frames ("see" and "from") you might consider creating an asset for each text frame, or possibly an asset for the pair, so they all start with the same size and style. Just drag the asset onto the page when you need it for a new story. If you create an asset for the pair of them they can already be linked, and after dragging the asset onto the end of the story you're working on, you can then drag the "from" asset onto the continuation page.

Alternatively, you can create a style from a Text Frame using the Styles studio panel, and you can apply that to other Text Frames. It will carry all of the frame attributes, as well as the text attributes (font, size, etc.).

But you're right; there's no eyedropper-like method of copying styles.

-- 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

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