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"array" command in indesign

Participant ,
Jun 03, 2019 Jun 03, 2019

Is there any command similiar to "array" (meaning, array selected objects along a line?

(i'm NOT refering to Step and repet command)

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Community Expert , Jun 03, 2019 Jun 03, 2019

Hi danezeq:

"Array" sounds like scripting to me as well, but I googled it and came up with "an ordered series or arrangement", so I think Jane nailed it with "align" and "distribute".

Window > Object & Layout > Align. Pick Align to Selection from the menu.Screen Shot 2019-06-03 at 6.46.51 PM.png

Select the objects. Click button number 4 on the top row to align the top edges.

Screen Shot 2019-06-03 at 6.46.59 PM.png

Then button number 5 on the second row to distribute evenly across.Screen Shot 2019-06-03 at 6.47.10 PM.png

There are many variations to be found in this panel, but perhaps this will get you started?

~Barb

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Participant ,
Jun 04, 2019 Jun 04, 2019

Thanks again for your answer.
Is there anyway to disable the World Ready Composer?

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Participant ,
Jun 04, 2019 Jun 04, 2019

I mean - temporarily.

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Community Expert ,
Jun 04, 2019 Jun 04, 2019

My understanding is that a RTL language like Hebrew requires the World Ready Composer. Someone can correct me about this, if I'm wrong, because I've never used a RTL language.

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Community Expert ,
Jun 04, 2019 Jun 04, 2019

You can choose Hebrew as a choice when making placeholder text by choosing Cmd/Ctrl and selecting Type > Fill with Placeholder Text. When I do that, it uses the World Ready Composer:

Screen Shot 2019-06-04 at 10.57.27 AM.png

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Participant ,
Jun 04, 2019 Jun 04, 2019

I would like to thank all of you who responded. It was very helpful discusion as i learned A LOT from this thread.

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Community Expert ,
Jun 04, 2019 Jun 04, 2019

We are always happy to help, danezeq.

~Barb

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Jul 17, 2025 Jul 17, 2025
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Dear Uwe, it's been some time in this thread, but your method for spreading text frames along a path is still working and was exactly what I was looking for, so cheers to you! One following problem: is it somehow possible to connect the single Textframes with each other ("Textverkettung" in german)? That would be amazing, but I can't manage to do it. Any ideas?

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Participant ,
Jun 04, 2019 Jun 04, 2019

Laubender​ How did you mange to copy a graphic element to a text path?

And what do you mean by a text path? i've just seen this video now Type on a Path Tool Adobe InDesign Tutorial - YouTube and what i learned from it is that the text path is actually a "pen path", it becomes a "text path" after using the "type on path" tool.

right? meaning: does "copying to the text path = copying to ANY path?

sorry 🙂 it's my first time 🙂

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