Place same image into multiple frames

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April 27, 2021
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I have a grid of image frames in an InDesign document. If I select multiple frames and try and place the same image into all of them, InDesign just places the image into one frame and leaves the others blank. How do I place the same one image, mulktiple times into multiple boxes?

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Laubender

Community Expert

Hi Mark,

you could use a script by Gerald Singelmann from 2008:

placeByContext

All details here, the download link of the script is still working, just tested that:

http://web.archive.org/web/20140626212547/http://www.indesign-faq.de/en/images_by_contextmenu

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

jmlevy

Community Expert

Don't create multiple frames. Place your image on the page, then choose Edit menu > Step and repeat and create the grid

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natalied7206518

Participant

This was the best tip ever – took me 15 minutes to do 4 pages before I read it and then 30 seconds to do the remaining 4 pages after I read it. Thank you so much!

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