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Inspiring
May 24, 2013
Question

Update text inset on master page

  • May 24, 2013
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(FM10 on Win7)

A test inset is on a master page. Settings include Automatic Update.

With View > Body pages and with View > Master pages, the following command does not update the inset: Edit > Update References > Text Insets Marked for Automatic Update.

So far, the only way I see to update the inset is to select it, Text inset Properties > Update.

I must be missing something obvious. With the text frame?

What do I need to do (or not do) so the inset updates through Edit > Update References > Text Insets Marked for Automatic Update?

Bonus: What do I need to do to make that text inset update-able with Body Pages visible?

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Arnis Gubins
Arnis Gubins
Inspiring
May 24, 2013

What is the text frame type that you have the inset in - background or regular flow? If it's in the flow text frame, then that content will never appear on the Body pages anyway.

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max_drawdownAuthor
Inspiring
May 25, 2013

@Arnis,

It's a background text frame.

Best,

Arnis Gubins
Arnis Gubins
Inspiring
May 31, 2013

@Arnis,

Good question.

Unfortunately for this thread, I switched to a variable-based strategy for the content, so I no longer have that file to test.

I originally thought that a user variable would not have enough text capacity for the content, but that capacity is adequate.

Best regards,


FYI, user variables have been silently upped in capacity to over 1000 characters. You can go higher via MIF, but if you ever edit or look at the variable through the FM GUI it gets truncated back to the default size.

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