Challenge: Catalog Design With Pricing

Question

Hello, I'm starting on a catalog design. I need to put the text on one layer, artwork on another layer and the prices on another layer. We create two catalogs one with and one without pricing.

I am new to the company and inherited this project that my predecessor started. I found it challenging to edit the text and then have to manually re-arrange the pricing on a separate layer so that it would be positioned in the right place.

Is there a way to anchor text frames on one layer with text frames on another layer?

If this is not possible what's a good solution to ensure pricing stays with the appropriate product descriptions?

There is pricing in tables as well as independent text frames throughout the 264 page document.

I want to automate this document as much as possible and this one aspect of it is tripping me up.

Please HELP!

Derek Cross · Accepted Answer

No need to produce two versions of the catalogue – regarding pricing, have a look at Conditional Text (found under Window > Type & Tables).How to Use Conditional Text in Adobe InDesign - YouTube

Laubender · Answer

lisakusa@gmail.com wrote…Is there a way to anchor text frames on one layer with text frames on another layer?…No. An anchored frame is always on the same layer where the anchor is.What can be done, by scripting only I think, is to anchor a threaded text frame.And all the ones of the thread that are not anchored can be positioned on a different layer.From my German InDesign where I exactly did this by scripting:Anchored text frame (German: Textrahmen) selected that is positioned on "Layer 1".Threaded text frame to the anchored one selected that is positioned on "Layer 2":If the anchored text frame is small enough so it can hold no text at all, all text of the story would go into the frame on "Layer 2".Regards,Uwe

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