Hi, there in this tutorial, we're going to talk about threading text is the process of taking an imported
text file and flowing it across several connected text frames.
So let's get started.
Let's go to file and then place and locate a text document from the computer and hit open.
Now, when my cursor is loaded, I can do two things.
One is click the left column, in which case my column shall be filled with text with a red plus sign
at the bottom.
And then I need to click the plus button and again, go on to the next column and click and go on and
on and on until all my text is here.
And it could take five pages, 10 pages or more.
And doing this will take a lot of time as well.
So let's undo the last few actions until I get my loaded cars back.
And now we to apply the second trick.
In the second trick, I'm going to hold shift and then click the corner of the first column and you
could see the text flowing flawlessly into the next 15 pages.
And I haven't even used the master page for this.
However, what if I want to block some space on top for heading and some space at the bottom of the
page for padding as well?
Because I wouldn't really want my text so close to the page numbers?
I mean said at some point.
Well, in that case, our beloved master page comes into the picture, so let's undo the last action
using commands on a Mac or control z on a PC.
Let us double click the A.I.M..
Let's also drag a guide to block some space while the heading on each page.
Let's drag another guide and drop it a little below the first guide because we'll need to have some
space between the heading and the text.
Now, drag one last guide and drop it a little above the bottom margin because we wouldn't want our
margin to be so close to the page number or footer.
All right, so now we know our room within which we need to fit the text.
Let's grab the text tool and click and drag to make a text box.
And don't release the mouse key.
Yet since we have three columns but just one text box, we'll have to split the text box into three
as well.
So click the right arrow and you shall find the text box splitting into two.
Click the arrow once again and you should have three columns.
Once the text boxes are made as per the guide's release, the mouse key.
The best part is that all three columns are automatically linked as well, so we don't have to do any
manual adjustments to them.
Now, let's head to the page one and remember that we've made the text boxes in a master, so automatically
all of the pages will inherit the text boxes from the master.
However, since it's a master element, we'll have to override the text boxes if we are planning to
put in some text in here.
So hold shift command on a Mac or shift control on a PC and click once on the first column and you will
have overridden the master.
Now go to file and then place and locate the text, file and click open.
Once the cursor is loaded with your text, you don't have to necessarily take your cursor to the top
left corner of the first column to place it there.
Just click anywhere in the first column, and this time you'll see that your text is not just flowing.
It has been restricted within the set guides as well.
Let's go to the last page of the document.
This page hardly has any text, so if you try to delete it, you'll get a warning from InDesign stating
that it will insert new pages to prevent always that text, and it's also asking us to make some changes
in the preferences should we not want this error to happen?
Let's still delete the page and wait for a second, and you shall find the deleted page back.
At this point, what we can do is select the text on the last page and then delete it, and then eventually
you can delete the page with no errors.
Let's undo the last action.
The other thing is that we can go to preferences and then type and uncheck the smart text reflow option
and hit OK.
And now when you delete the last page, InDesign will not throw it back to you.
However, the aeroshell still will be there with the read plus mark on the last page, so the only option
is to select some text and delete it if you really don't want to see any pre-flight errors on your document.
All right, guys, that's all for now.
I'm going to see you in the next one in just a few seconds.
Goodbye.