Unlinking and Relinking Primary Text on Few Pages in 20-Page Project

Question

Hello there. I have a 20-page project, and I started with the primary text option ON so that I don't have to keep shifting the text back and forth every time.

Here's what I need:

I want one of the few pages to be unlinked from the primary text without changing / disturbing the layout of the other pages without disturbing any text/content.

After working on those pages individually, I need to be able to restore the primary text to its original state, including any new changes made after unlinking.

I hope I am able to articulate myself better.

K-Ten · Accepted Answer

@K-Ten

You don't have to "unlink" anything.

You have two options when editing text:

1) select text directly in TextFrames,

2) use Story Editor.

In either case - you just edit text like you would in WORD - TextFrames are just containers that hold and display the text.

If you need to add a new Text - as a separate Story - just create a new TextFrame and add your text in it, if there is too much text - overset / red "+" in the bottom-right corner - click on it and draw a new TextFrame.

If you need to add a new Object(s) - just add them.

If you need to add new pages - just add them - by dragging on the Pages panel or from the menu - but be careful and rather add two at the time.

Then, if you need to continue main text on those newly added pages - just click on an "outport" of the TextFrame of the main story on the previous page and draw new TextFrame on the newly added page(s).

This process has still not helped me, but thanks for your reply.

Here's the fastest solution I found:
I used the break-frame script to solve the problem. It worked without disturbing the other pages, content, layout and images.

I found the solution on Youtube Link >> - Unlink InDesign Text Boxes without Changing Layout (Script: SplitStory.jsx)

rob day · Answer

Hi @K-Ten , I might be misunderstanding, but can’t you simply delete the Primary Text Frame on the page you want to skip? Like this:

The threaded primary text flow:

Delete the frame on page 5 and the text flows to page 6

Make a new text frame on page 5:

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