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matthewm60147902
matthewm60147902
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June 26, 2018
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Data Merge Page Break

  • June 26, 2018
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Hello,

I am creating a catalog and there are over 1000 pages in the document. I have created the data in excel organized it all properly and merged it into InDesign all fine, however, for the different categories within the catalog I want categories to start on a new page so that means starting a new page within a data-merged document.

How is this done?!

Shown an image in basic terms how do I start a new page within a merged document?

Any help/ Guidance would be appreciated!

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Srishti Bali
Community Manager
Srishti BaliCommunity Manager
Community Manager
June 29, 2018

Hi Matthew,

I would like to know if the steps suggested above helped you, or the issue still persists.

Kindly update the discussion if you need further assistance with it.

Thanks,

Srishti

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Incredible_Mist5DE7
Participant
September 28, 2022

I need help with the same question.

I want to add a page break in the Data Merge document through CSV

 

Peter Spier
Community Expert
Peter SpierCommunity Expert
Community Expert
September 28, 2022

If there is some sort of header for each section you might be able to defijne a paragraph style for the header paragraph that has a Keep Option to start on next page.

ceyhun_akgun
ceyhun_akgun
Legend
June 26, 2018

Smart Catalog - Automated Publishing - YouTube

You may need an external splice. As far as I know it's a paid add-on. Smart Catalog

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TᴀW
TᴀW
Legend
June 26, 2018

I don't think it can be done natively.

Can you chop up the Excel file into multiple sheets, one per category, and then do separate data merges?

Ariel

matthewm60147902
matthewm60147902Author
Participant
June 26, 2018

Yes, I did try doing that and it can be done splitting the excel files, but then how would I bring all the separate merged documents together and create a TOC for many different documents?

TᴀW
TᴀW
Legend
June 26, 2018

Combine them in a single InDesign book. InDesign's TOC generator can generate a TOC based on all documents in a book.

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