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Fiojja
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June 28, 2023
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Move text frame relative to another text frame

  • June 28, 2023
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I am trying to make Text Frame 2 resize base on the placement of Text Frame 1. Text Frame 1 is set to auto size downwards based on the text. Beneath it, I want Text Frame 2 to also shift downwards relatively based on the placement of Text Frame 1. So if Text Frame 1 needs to go down another line (which ends up being, say, 20 pixels) Text Frame 2 also shifts down another line (so another 20 pixels). Or perhaps another way of thinking about it is I want these text frames to always be relatively spaced from each other.

 

This feels like a very simple problem, but I must be using the wrong terms to find the results I'm looking for, because the only info I can find is how to use auto size, which I think doesn't help me here.

    Correct answer Eugene Tyson

    Why use 2 text frames - just continue the text in 1 text frame and set your spacing between the paragraphs.

     

    If you want text frames to be consistently placed alongside each other - you will need to Anchor the text frame.

    When you Anchor the text frame you then set the distance by using the options - or even custom settings. 

     

    https://helpx.adobe.com/ie/indesign/using/anchored-objects.html#:~:text=To%20anchor%20an%20existing%20object,anchored%20object's%20position%20is%20inline.

     

     

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    Eugene TysonCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    June 28, 2023

    Why use 2 text frames - just continue the text in 1 text frame and set your spacing between the paragraphs.

     

    If you want text frames to be consistently placed alongside each other - you will need to Anchor the text frame.

    When you Anchor the text frame you then set the distance by using the options - or even custom settings. 

     

    https://helpx.adobe.com/ie/indesign/using/anchored-objects.html#:~:text=To%20anchor%20an%20existing%20object,anchored%20object's%20position%20is%20inline.

     

     

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      FiojjaAuthor
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      June 29, 2023

      Anchoring does work, but it more or less does act as part of Text Frame 1, meaning CTRL+A selects both text frames instead of the one I have selected. If I select Text Frame 2 it doesn't, so that is still a step above simply having it as a separate line for the same text frame.

       

      I ended up needing to watch a video to understand what was meant by positioning the insertion point, which is what I was missing before. Thanks again!

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      Cheryl Ineson
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      June 20, 2025

      Professional is working with 1 single frame, work with paragraph styles, avoid multiple returns. Space before and after is the way to go. With multiple frames or with multiple returns you run into multiple prblems later.


      Hi Willie, I hope you can help. I'm dealing with a similar Indesign issue as the original question, but require each box to have seperate character styles.
      1. My First box auto populates and expands with a name in large font
      2. The Second box is to shuffle along as the fiest box randomly expands and it auto feeds credentials in a smaller font. 
      Can you please walk thru how to make two seperate text boxes on the same line expand in tandom , maintaing their .125 distance) as they auto poulate / pull from a data base?
      Many thanks 
      ~ C

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