Link all text frames in document

[diogoferreira]

Hi everyone!

Anyone knows how to link all the text frames (Thread) in document and what is the best way to do that?

Can I create the text frames on master spread and then link all of the the in the document? Or should I create the directly on the document pages?

And before that, how can I link all of them?

Thanks in advance!

[Sunil Yadav]

Hello diogo,

If your document has multiple pages and each pages has only single text frame of size of type area.

Assuming this, you can use this below code to link these textFrames as follows:

//// Assuming Every Page has only one main textFrame ---

var myDoc = app.documents[0];

var allPages = myDoc.pages;

var currentFrame = allPages[0].textFrames[0];

for(var i = 1; i < allPages.length; i++){

    currentFrame.nextTextFrame = allPages.textFrames[i];

    currentFrame = allPages.textFrames[i];

    }

Best

Sunil

[edolat77]

Hi,

this would save my life.
I'm on the latest Indesign version and unfortunately I'm getting this error: "object does not support the property or method 'textFrames'" on string 6  'currentFrame.nextTextFrame = allPages.textFrames[i];'

Please help!

[Peter Kahrel]

There are a few problems with Sunil's script. The error you got was caused by the fact that allPages is a collection, and collections don't have the textFrame property.

If the conditions are the same as Sunil assumed (a single text frame on each page), you can use this code:

pages = app.documents[0].pages.everyItem().getElements();
thread = pages[0].textFrames[0];
for (i = 1; i < pages.length; i++) {
  thread.endTextFrame.nextTextFrame = pages[i].textFrames[0];
}

 P.

[edolat77]

That's just perfect, it helped me big time!

Thank you so so much,

EL

[Maxicando]

Hello Peter, how do I modify the script for two text frames on each page? If there's more than one only every second frame is linked.

[Maxicando]

Never mind, Peter. I searched a little more and found this free script that does the job. https://www.rorohiko.com/wordpress/indesign-downloads/textstitch/

[Sunil Yadav]

Otherwise only if you want to link two frames,

you can use this code.

firstTextFrame.nextTextFrame = secondTextFrame;

Best

Sunil