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Need InDesign Script for Overset text flow

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
April 18, 2024
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Hi All.

I need to script for overset text flow.

Please find the attached sample file and screenshot.

Thanks...

Sample_file.zip

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Correct answer Peter Spier

You don't need a script.

When you place text hold the Shift key when you click the loaded sursor to auto-flow the entire content, or hold the Alt/Opt key to flow one page/frame and leave the cursor loaded.

In your current situation, withthe text tool click the red plus sign in the outport of your frame that has the overset text to load the cursor, then proceed as above.

This is very basic and should be covered in any introductory InDesign training, and is certainly covered in the help files.

Willi Adelberger

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Ou have got the correct answer. But your document has no styles. It is important to use object, paragraph and charactr styles.

You should also consider to use primary text frames and layers.

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New Beginner1Author

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Thanks for All

willcampbell7

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The correct answer works when adding new text. To find overset text after the fact, I made a script to help:

https://www.marspremedia.com/software/indesign/resolve-overset-text

William Campbell

brian_p_dts

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@Peter Spier has the right answer for what you have shown and provided. If you are trying to learn about scripting, a given TextFrame object has a boolean .overflows property that can be checked.

Robert at ID-Tasker

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@brian_p_dts

Isn't checking if Story overflows is a better way?

brian_p_dts

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@Robert at ID-Tasker Guess it depends on the use case. Typically when I'm engaged in overflow shenanigans without Smart Reflow, I'm use nextTextFrame and previousTextFrame properties to link things up.

Peter Spier

Correct answer

Community Expert

You don't need a script.

When you place text hold the Shift key when you click the loaded sursor to auto-flow the entire content, or hold the Alt/Opt key to flow one page/frame and leave the cursor loaded.

In your current situation, withthe text tool click the red plus sign in the outport of your frame that has the overset text to load the cursor, then proceed as above.

This is very basic and should be covered in any introductory InDesign training, and is certainly covered in the help files.

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