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Flowing text to second column.

Community Expert ,
Oct 10, 2017 Oct 10, 2017

Just relearning ID and trying to convert some PDFs to ID. I have my doc set up with a single text frame with 2 columns. I have a table that I inserted that spans both columns. I want the text above it to split and span both columns rather than flow in just the one column. Is there a trick to do this without splitting the text frame? Below is my PDF, and what I'm getting in ID.

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Community Expert , Oct 10, 2017 Oct 10, 2017

I forgot my screen shot! That should help, Chuck. It's hard to see the flow though with the Lorem Ipsum text. It flows from col 1 to 2 above the table, and then again 1-2 below the table. If it needs to flow down 1 and then down 2 and also hop the frame, then the frame needs to be pulled from the text thread and anchored in a frame with text wrap.

~Barb

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LEGEND ,
Oct 10, 2017 Oct 10, 2017

Hi,

Maybe just the contrary of what you try to do! 

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Community Expert ,
Oct 10, 2017 Oct 10, 2017

Hard to tell how the text flows with the fill text. So what did you do? Are there separate text frames? I'm starting to rethink what I want to do, as the table I'm inserting always comes at the end of the section, so I guess shrinking the frame so the text flows to the second column would be okay.

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LEGEND ,
Oct 10, 2017 Oct 10, 2017

Try to play with a simple 1-column text flow! … 

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Community Expert ,
Oct 10, 2017 Oct 10, 2017

I would set this up as a 2-column text frame, and the set the titles and the table (which must be on an empty ¶ so as to not disrupt nearby text) to Span 2 or Span All.

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~Barb

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Community Expert ,
Oct 10, 2017 Oct 10, 2017

Barb, If I span the text to span all, it will just no longer be two columns of text, right? Is that what you're talking about?

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Community Expert ,
Oct 10, 2017 Oct 10, 2017

I forgot my screen shot! That should help, Chuck. It's hard to see the flow though with the Lorem Ipsum text. It flows from col 1 to 2 above the table, and then again 1-2 below the table. If it needs to flow down 1 and then down 2 and also hop the frame, then the frame needs to be pulled from the text thread and anchored in a frame with text wrap.

~Barb

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Community Expert ,
Oct 10, 2017 Oct 10, 2017

Oh, an anchored frame. I got this when I was just trying to span the column.

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Community Expert ,
Oct 10, 2017 Oct 10, 2017

Your cursor is on the line below the table. Chuck. Use the arrow key to move it up, after the table, and then set Span to 2.

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Community Expert ,
Oct 10, 2017 Oct 10, 2017

I just realized this is your question. I thought things must be slow on the Photoshop forums, and you were helping out over here. LOL

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Community Expert ,
Oct 10, 2017 Oct 10, 2017

So I didn't pull the table out of the frame, it's still in the story, but my insertion point is sitting on the ¶ just after the table. Then you set that paragraph to span, and the table follows along.

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Community Expert ,
Oct 10, 2017 Oct 10, 2017

Okay, I'll try that too. Yea, I don't know much about ID, but trying to learn it a bit, so I can transfer these write-ups to it. My Framemaker is so old that it doesn't work with my current OS. Don't use it enough to upgrade.

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Community Expert ,
Oct 10, 2017 Oct 10, 2017

This is actually a FrameMaker feature (straddle) that was ported over to InDesign (and renamed span) a few years back.

I'm always happy to help Chuck, and if you need further clarification, just ask. See you next week?

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Oct 10, 2017 Oct 10, 2017

Thanks. Yes, I'll be there. Most likely annoying people, as they asked me to take photos of the summit.

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Community Expert ,
Oct 10, 2017 Oct 10, 2017

Great! And did the table finally span correctly? Happy to give you a copy of my file to take a look at, if that is helpful.

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Oct 10, 2017 Oct 10, 2017
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Yes, I got it to span in an anchored frame.

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