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JimCooper
JimCooper
Inspiring
June 17, 2023
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Text boxes will not re-link

  • June 17, 2023
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Hi - 

I have a document with a dozen pages. Halfway through the text box link is broken between one page and the next...

when I click on the link arrow (first photo) and then click in the empty link box (second photo), the result is that the link APPEARS to be restored.

However, what has happend is that Indesign has placed a new linked empty text box over the existing text box. The existing text box remains unlinked.

 

 

Anyone have any ideas? I need the existing text box linked so my footnote seqeuncing doesn't restart as a consequence of the broken link.  I've tried inserting new pages and copy/pasting text from the old pages but that doesn't help.  Any advice appreciated.

Jim

 

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    Correct answer JimCooper

    I'm not sure I understand your answer. Can you please show us the last line of the frame that has text in it and the next frame in the chain, both with hidden characters showing.

    It would help, too, if you select that last visible line, open Story Editor (Ctrl or Cmd + Y) and show us a screen shot of that as well.

     


    Thanks Peter.  I ended up creating a new document rather than fenagle with thge old one.  I'm positive I screwed something up with adding, deleting text and graphic boxes.  The new document works the way I want it to.

    Appreciate your time.

    Jim

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    Thunder-Lightning
    Inspiring
    June 19, 2023

    FYI, View > Extras > Show Text Threads will show you which text frame is linked to which.

    Peter Spier
    Community Expert
    Peter SpierCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 17, 2023

    Take a look at it in Story editor to see if there's really any more text. Seems likely there's nothing there to link.

    JimCooper
    JimCooperAuthor
    Inspiring
    June 17, 2023

    Hi -

    Thanks. I did.  no overtext exists.  Looked in the Links box and there are no broken links...which is odd.

      Peter Spier
      Community Expert
      Peter SpierCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 17, 2023

      I'm not sure I understand your answer. Can you please show us the last line of the frame that has text in it and the next frame in the chain, both with hidden characters showing.

      It would help, too, if you select that last visible line, open Story Editor (Ctrl or Cmd + Y) and show us a screen shot of that as well.

       

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