Link two existing text frames together (both have text)

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March 4, 2016
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Hello,

I need to link two existing text frames together, but InDesign appears to not handle this correctly. If I have a text frame with existing text in it and then I have a second text frame with text in it and I try to link them together by clicking the arrow and selecting the box which gives me the text icon to drag to the second text frame it does not work. It actually appears to place a second text frame on top of the first rather than linking them. If the second text frame is empty it works fine (just line examples I've seen), but if there is text in the second frame it does not work correctly. Has anyone else experienced this?

L

Laubender

Community Expert

Hi Jeremy,

does something Steve or I suggested work?
How did it turn out for you?

Uwe

J

jeremyr69734243作成者

Participant

I got it work, but not like I thought it would. I expected it to combine the two text boxes into one and it does not It still keeps them as two separate text boxes, but it works.

L

Laubender

Community Expert

Combining two different text frames into one…

Could you post a screenshot of the solution you want to achieve?
A before/after comparison. Where frame edges and invisible characters are visible.

Uwe

L

Laubender

Community Expert

Hi Jeremy,

turn on "Show Text Threads" option and select the text frames.

Is the first text frame already threaded to another one?
(Maybe on a different page or on the pasteboard)

Then:

Make sure there is a paragraph sign at the end of the text of the text frame you want to add to the story.

Select the text of the text frame you want to thread (in my screenshot the red colored one).
Cut the text (the text frame should be empty).

Thread the text frames (that's possible now, because the text frame is empty).

Select an insertion point (depending on formatting you may have to add an extra return).

Insert the text you have cut with paste.

Uwe

Steve Werner

Community Expert

No problems here. (1) Choose black arrow (Selection) tool and click out port of first frame.

(2) Cursor indicates ready to connect to another frame. Out port of first frame show text continuing. (Screen capture software makes the cursor looked duplicated; didn't look that way on screen.)

(3) You can hold down the Command/Ctrl key to select the second frame. With your cursor, click the In Port (upper left corner) of second frame. Here's the result: