Linking text in another file

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March 26, 2023
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Hi friends!

I used to know how to do this but have forgotten 😞

I have one file which is entirely just threaded text frames.

I am continuously polishing the text in this file.

I re-use the text in this file in some other files. sometimes all of it and sometimes on part of it.

I want to do all the polishing/corrections in one central place and have all "the children" files reflect the updates.

So in the "children" files, I guess I want to link a text frame to the test in the parent file sometimes to all of it sometimes only to part of it.

Thank you all very much

Susan

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BobLevine

Community Expert

It's not going to work with threaded frames. That's an all-or-nothing solution.

If you can split them up, you can use InCopy stories and link those.

Steve Werner

Community Expert

I think you may want Edit > Place and Link.

https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/linked-content.html

Susan FlamingoAuthor

Known Participant

Thank you for the reply. But I don't think this is precisely what I need.

I have file1. Which has threaded text frames on three pages. I have ANOTHER file (file2) with a text box getting its content from the text frame in File1 pg 1, I have a third file (file3) which is getting its text from the textframe from of File1 page 3.

ANy changes made to the textframes in file1 are expressed in file2 and file3.

I understand this is done via links but paste and link doesn't ask me where to take the content from???

Thank You

Susan

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