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Crewdson
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July 19, 2023
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Automatic alignment of pictures with subtitles in rows

  • July 19, 2023
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Hi everyone,

I'm creating an InDesign Layout for my workplace in which all colleagues will be displayed along with their names and areas of work. The print will be 70x100cm. There are 11 colums and 9 rows (99 fields) with frames as of now.

 

Now here's the problem. Obviously, over time the personnel will change, and so will the pictures. They are sorted alphabetically (surname). I am already dreading the task of having to swap all of the pictures and descriptions manually to their respective new places. Is there a tool by which for example all of the following pictures will move back one position, if one picture is deleted? Just like text flows into the next textbox.

 

I know of a script by which you can swap pictures; this might make it a little easier. But maybe there's a better way. I'm not able to code any scripts myself.

 

Thanks for any ideas!

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    Correct answer m1b

    I agree with Robert. This is definitely the way to go.

     

    I'm thinking you could anchor the photo and caption in the main text flow. So you'd set up the main text flow going from column to column (or however you need it) and from page to page. And then you'd create another text frame and paste the photo into that, thus combining the photo and caption. Then you'd paste that into the main text flow, once for each employee. You'll would use Object Style(s) to control the size and position of everything and also control the way the anchored photos flowed, eg. If you want to fit two to a column, then you make them a size that will push the third photo into the next column/page.  

     

    Reordering/adding/removing would be a simple matter of cutting/pasting or deleting the anchors in the main text flow.

    - Mark

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    Robert at ID-Tasker
    Robert at ID-Tasker
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    July 19, 2023

    Place your images directly in the text - you can then either set it as Anchored - can be positioned anywhere on the Page / Spread and can move with text or just stay in the same place on the Page / Spread - or as InLine - will behave like a Character. 

     

      m1b
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      m1bCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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      July 19, 2023

      I agree with Robert. This is definitely the way to go.

       

      I'm thinking you could anchor the photo and caption in the main text flow. So you'd set up the main text flow going from column to column (or however you need it) and from page to page. And then you'd create another text frame and paste the photo into that, thus combining the photo and caption. Then you'd paste that into the main text flow, once for each employee. You'll would use Object Style(s) to control the size and position of everything and also control the way the anchored photos flowed, eg. If you want to fit two to a column, then you make them a size that will push the third photo into the next column/page.  

       

      Reordering/adding/removing would be a simple matter of cutting/pasting or deleting the anchors in the main text flow.

      - Mark

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        CrewdsonAuthor
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        July 19, 2023

        Thanks so much for your ideas, guys.

        I have startet it the way Robert suggested. The only trouble is, right now I can't seem to create any captions on pictures that I anchor within the text. I'll have to play around with it. Maybe I can create a separate page where I insert the pictures first, create a caption, create a group and then move the whole thing into the right position in the actual page.

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