My master page has one text frame with 2 columns but when I run in text it makes two text frames

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Hail, all powerful hive mind!My master page has one text frame with 2 columns but when I run in text it makes two text frames on top of the master frame and the added pages also have two text frames. This is inconvenient because I want to use span columns.By selecting the text frame with two columns using a variety of  SHIFT, OPT, COMM variations I was able to make this work for the first article, but I can't seem to replicate this for the second article.  What I want (note, one text frame, two columns) Shift click gave me this (two separate text frames)

Noyster2 · Accepted Answer

No, you have still 2 colums on the master/parent, do you see the 2 violett guides in the middst?

Go to the master/parent
Layout > Matgin & Columns …
Set to 1 column,

Now use an object style with 2 colums to get columns and can use the span function.

I actually just figured out how to make it work with the set up I have. Click the out port of the text you want to run and hover over the upper left corner of the unselected text frame you want to run into. After a second a icon appears that looks like multiple lines of text within parentheses. Clicking with that icon will run the text into two columns in a single text frame.

Thanks so much for your input. When I have a few spare minutes I will look into your solutions.

Happy designing!

Willi Adelberger · Answer

You set up the master/parent with 2 colums. When you place text it is ignoring this 2 column text frame if it is not a primary text frame. Change the layout of the master to a single column layout.

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