1 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:13,490 Hi, there in this tutorial, we're going to talk about threading text is the process of taking an imported 2 00:00:13,490 --> 00:00:16,910 text file and flowing it across several connected text frames. 3 00:00:16,910 --> 00:00:18,020 So let's get started. 4 00:00:19,140 --> 00:00:25,770 Let's go to file and then place and locate a text document from the computer and hit open. 5 00:00:26,670 --> 00:00:29,910 Now, when my cursor is loaded, I can do two things. 6 00:00:30,390 --> 00:00:36,270 One is click the left column, in which case my column shall be filled with text with a red plus sign 7 00:00:36,270 --> 00:00:36,840 at the bottom. 8 00:00:37,260 --> 00:00:43,350 And then I need to click the plus button and again, go on to the next column and click and go on and 9 00:00:43,350 --> 00:00:45,990 on and on until all my text is here. 10 00:00:46,410 --> 00:00:49,760 And it could take five pages, 10 pages or more. 11 00:00:49,770 --> 00:00:52,080 And doing this will take a lot of time as well. 12 00:00:52,500 --> 00:00:57,360 So let's undo the last few actions until I get my loaded cars back. 13 00:00:57,720 --> 00:00:59,850 And now we to apply the second trick. 14 00:01:00,570 --> 00:01:05,910 In the second trick, I'm going to hold shift and then click the corner of the first column and you 15 00:01:05,910 --> 00:01:10,110 could see the text flowing flawlessly into the next 15 pages. 16 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:12,960 And I haven't even used the master page for this. 17 00:01:13,500 --> 00:01:19,470 However, what if I want to block some space on top for heading and some space at the bottom of the 18 00:01:19,470 --> 00:01:21,180 page for padding as well? 19 00:01:21,660 --> 00:01:24,840 Because I wouldn't really want my text so close to the page numbers? 20 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:26,550 I mean said at some point. 21 00:01:27,150 --> 00:01:33,270 Well, in that case, our beloved master page comes into the picture, so let's undo the last action 22 00:01:33,270 --> 00:01:36,900 using commands on a Mac or control z on a PC. 23 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:39,420 Let us double click the A.I.M.. 24 00:01:40,170 --> 00:01:44,820 Let's also drag a guide to block some space while the heading on each page. 25 00:01:45,460 --> 00:01:50,730 Let's drag another guide and drop it a little below the first guide because we'll need to have some 26 00:01:50,730 --> 00:01:52,800 space between the heading and the text. 27 00:01:53,310 --> 00:01:58,710 Now, drag one last guide and drop it a little above the bottom margin because we wouldn't want our 28 00:01:58,710 --> 00:02:02,130 margin to be so close to the page number or footer. 29 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:06,810 All right, so now we know our room within which we need to fit the text. 30 00:02:07,110 --> 00:02:11,190 Let's grab the text tool and click and drag to make a text box. 31 00:02:11,370 --> 00:02:12,900 And don't release the mouse key. 32 00:02:12,900 --> 00:02:18,990 Yet since we have three columns but just one text box, we'll have to split the text box into three 33 00:02:18,990 --> 00:02:19,530 as well. 34 00:02:19,950 --> 00:02:24,870 So click the right arrow and you shall find the text box splitting into two. 35 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:28,680 Click the arrow once again and you should have three columns. 36 00:02:29,250 --> 00:02:33,390 Once the text boxes are made as per the guide's release, the mouse key. 37 00:02:34,110 --> 00:02:39,720 The best part is that all three columns are automatically linked as well, so we don't have to do any 38 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:41,400 manual adjustments to them. 39 00:02:41,910 --> 00:02:48,510 Now, let's head to the page one and remember that we've made the text boxes in a master, so automatically 40 00:02:48,510 --> 00:02:52,170 all of the pages will inherit the text boxes from the master. 41 00:02:52,530 --> 00:02:58,380 However, since it's a master element, we'll have to override the text boxes if we are planning to 42 00:02:58,380 --> 00:02:59,760 put in some text in here. 43 00:03:00,270 --> 00:03:08,130 So hold shift command on a Mac or shift control on a PC and click once on the first column and you will 44 00:03:08,130 --> 00:03:09,930 have overridden the master. 45 00:03:10,380 --> 00:03:16,290 Now go to file and then place and locate the text, file and click open. 46 00:03:17,100 --> 00:03:22,290 Once the cursor is loaded with your text, you don't have to necessarily take your cursor to the top 47 00:03:22,290 --> 00:03:24,750 left corner of the first column to place it there. 48 00:03:25,170 --> 00:03:30,360 Just click anywhere in the first column, and this time you'll see that your text is not just flowing. 49 00:03:30,660 --> 00:03:33,930 It has been restricted within the set guides as well. 50 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:36,540 Let's go to the last page of the document. 51 00:03:36,930 --> 00:03:43,350 This page hardly has any text, so if you try to delete it, you'll get a warning from InDesign stating 52 00:03:43,350 --> 00:03:49,890 that it will insert new pages to prevent always that text, and it's also asking us to make some changes 53 00:03:49,890 --> 00:03:53,010 in the preferences should we not want this error to happen? 54 00:03:53,610 --> 00:03:59,340 Let's still delete the page and wait for a second, and you shall find the deleted page back. 55 00:03:59,850 --> 00:04:06,270 At this point, what we can do is select the text on the last page and then delete it, and then eventually 56 00:04:06,270 --> 00:04:08,220 you can delete the page with no errors. 57 00:04:08,730 --> 00:04:10,170 Let's undo the last action. 58 00:04:10,590 --> 00:04:17,970 The other thing is that we can go to preferences and then type and uncheck the smart text reflow option 59 00:04:17,970 --> 00:04:18,899 and hit OK. 60 00:04:19,410 --> 00:04:23,790 And now when you delete the last page, InDesign will not throw it back to you. 61 00:04:24,090 --> 00:04:30,180 However, the aeroshell still will be there with the read plus mark on the last page, so the only option 62 00:04:30,180 --> 00:04:36,630 is to select some text and delete it if you really don't want to see any pre-flight errors on your document. 63 00:04:37,770 --> 00:04:40,110 All right, guys, that's all for now. 64 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:43,320 I'm going to see you in the next one in just a few seconds. 65 00:04:43,470 --> 00:04:44,160 Goodbye.