Column formatting

[karlh40289808]

Hi everyone, 

I've been given a long list of names (1000+) from a word doc.  I setup my document to have two columns and I'm hitting shift D while clicking on the corner of the text box to populate the names.  However, it is coming in like this (Names cascading down one column and continuing on the 2nd column):  

The client is asking for it to be populated like this ( Name 1 on the first column, Name 2 on the second, etc.  I phsyically typed this in for illustration purposes) :  

[Jeffrey_Smith]

Instead of columns, on your master page, create multiple text frames that are threaded.

[karlh40289808]

Thanks Jeffrey, I think we are close!  Now I need to figure out how to do a frame break after each name.  This word document has over 1000 names.  

Is there a way for the Word document to contain a special character that can tell InDesign to convert it into a frame break?

[jmlevy]

You could set up a paragraph style like this (it is in French but you will easily see the equivalent in English)

[Scott Falkner · Accepted solution]

Make the leading high enough so only one line can fit in each frame, or use Keep Options to make each paragraph start in a new text frame.

Another option would be to use just one text frame and use GREP to convert every other return to a tab.

Search for: (.+)\r(.+)\r

Replace with: $1\t$2\r

This searches for any text followed by a return followed by any text followed by a return. It replaces it with the first range of text then a tab then the second range of text then a return.

[Mr1857]

i have tried with keep options, but it makes another text box when i press return, i want the next line in the same page and same text frame, cause i have lots and lots of arabic verses with me with this formating (1st verse on the right and 2nd verse in the same line on the left) to be done. can somebody assist me how to do that. Iam bit close, to it but dont want new text frames for each line.