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jonathanh41059766
Participant
March 2, 2025
Question

Data Merge - Creates New Frame Instead of Using Frame on Parent

  • March 2, 2025
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I'm attempting to set up a data merge to place one photo on each of several pages. After the merge, I notice that the merged image is not being placed in the page's original frame that I identified. Each image is being placed in a new frame. Therefore, I can't return to the Parent page and adjust sizes and other features of that frame en mass.

 

Any suggestions?

4 replies

Robert at ID-Tasker
Legend
March 3, 2025

@jonathanh41059766

 

You should be able to adjust size and position, etc. through applied ObjectStyle. 

 

jonathanh41059766
Participant
March 3, 2025
It shouldn’t be this hard and undocumented. I’m going to let my Adobe trial
lapse, and then try Affinity.
Community Expert
March 3, 2025

Hi Jonathan

You haven't answered the questions asked here, so it's difficult to redirect you to the correct workflow. 

 

There's a part 2 to this video too

https://www.theindesigner.com/blog/episode-43-data-merge-video

 

It's quite excellent. 

 

 

Peter Spier
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 2, 2025

We need to see your template and a sample merged document....