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hendy_5450
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May 26, 2025
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text reflow not working

  • May 26, 2025
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why if my document is on text reflow is it not reflowing when adding pages??

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BobLevine
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BobLevineCommunity Expert
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May 26, 2025

If you post the file you'll get answers to all of your questions. An experienced InDesign user could probably answer them all in 10 minutes.

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hendy_5450Author
Inspiring
May 26, 2025

here's the file

rob day
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rob dayCommunity Expert
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May 26, 2025

HI @hendy_5450 , I think to get Smart Text Reflow to work there has to be threaded Primary Text Frames on both pages of the spread—you only have the single Primary Frame on the left page of the spread.

 

If you really want to avoid manually threading the left page text frames, you could thread to a small text frame on the right page. Something like this (maybe someone has a better solution).

 

 

Now if I paste all of the text into the Primary Fame on page 4, I get this:

 

 

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Also, before pasting the tex make sure you select all the pages and Allow Shuffle...:

 

 

 

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