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Hi there!

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In this video we’ll be talking about the
famous ‘Primary Text Frame.’

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A primary text frame is a special kind of
master page frame, used to control the primary

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text flow in a document.

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You can create it in two ways.

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One while you’re creating the document,
and the other, from within the document, so

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let’s learn how to do it.

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I’m creating this document, and you can
find the primary text frame checkbox here,

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should you want it applied, just check it,
and hit create.

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When you go to A-master, you’ll find that
both the A-master pages, already have the

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text frames sitting on them.

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Let me zoom in, on the top left border of
the page.

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This is the primary text frame icon.

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If it was the traditional master frame, it
wouldn’t have the tiny arrow on the right.

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Let’s move to page 1, and when you click
it, you’ll find that even your page has

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the primary text frame sitting there.

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When a master, with a primary text frame is
applied, you don’t have to override the

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primary text frame to type, or paste text
into the frame.

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Also, the story in the primary text frame,
automatically flows into the primary text

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frame of the new master page.

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Let’s fill in some text, so let’s go to
file, and then place, and locate the text

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file on the computer, and hit open.

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Ignore the ‘missing font’ error, and hit
skip.

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Now since this is a primary text frame, we
can click anywhere in the first column, and

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the text will flow seamlessly, through the
pages.

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Let’s go to page 10, and let’s click at
the beginning of this paragraph.

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What we’re trying to do is, push the text
from this paragraph to the following page,

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and to do that, let’s go to type, and then
insert break character, and select ‘page

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break’, and the paragraphs will jump to
the next page.

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Let’s say my next page, which in this case
is page 11, is chapter 2, and I don’t want

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it to begin from the top of the page, because
I’ll need some space for the heading.

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To achieve that, I’m going to take my cursor
to the ‘master page’ zone, and right-click,

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and select ‘new master’ option.

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In the pop-up menu, the prefix will already
be selected as ‘B master’, so just hit okay.

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Remember!

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At this point, we’ve just created a new
master, but it does not have any sort of text

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frames, so let’s add them now.

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Let’s go to our A master, and hit Command
A on a Mac, or Ctrl A on a PC, to select both

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the frames, and then copy them using Command
C on a Mac, or Ctrl C on a PC.

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Get back to B master, and paste the text frames
here, using Command V on a Mac, or Ctrl V

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on a PC.

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It might not be aligned, so just click and
drag, for it to shake hands with the margins

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of the B master.

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If you zoom in, you’ll find that the frames
in B master have transformed into regular

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master frames, and that’s how the regular
frame looks, without the arrow that we found

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on the primary text frame earlier.

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To turn it into a primary text frame, just
click the book icon once, and you shall find

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the book icon has a companion now, so it is
now a primary text frame.

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To find if they are linked, you can go to
view, and then extras, and select show text

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threads, and the thread will be revealed,
confirming the route your text will take to flow.

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Let’s drag our frames down on both the pages
to make them shorter, because like I mentioned

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earlier, we don’t really want full pages
on B master.

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Now click on page 11 thumbnail to select it,
and then right-click, and select ‘apply

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master to pages’ option.

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From the popup menu, change the master to
‘B master’, and hit okay.

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You can see how well page 11 received the
B master settings.

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If you click the text box, you could see how
smoothly the text is communicating between

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both the masters.

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Let’s find out if this is possible using
the regular master text frame.

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Let’s go to file, and then new, and select
‘document’.

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From the new document creation window, let
every setting be intact, except the primary

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text frame.

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Uncheck the primary text frame box, and hit
create.

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Let’s go to A master, and using the type
tool, create a text box covering the entire

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page, and before releasing the mouse, hit
the right arrow once to split the text box

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into two.

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You could clearly see that the icon, this
time, is of a master text frame, hence is

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missing the tiny right arrow in it.

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Now copy the text frame and paste it to the
right page of the A master.

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Since this is the master text frame, the pages
will need to be linked.

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If you go to view, and then extras, and select
show text threads, you’ll find that the

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two pages are not linked yet, so click the
small square box at the bottom-right of the

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page once, and then click the column on the
next page, to link it, and it shall be linked instantly.

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Let’s move to page 1, and unlike ‘primary
text frame’, you’ll find that the master

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text frame is not active here.

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You’ll have to override it, should you really
want to select the text frame on the page

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of the document.

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We don’t really need that, so let’s go
to file, and then place, and locate the image

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on the computer, and hit open.

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Skip the ‘missing font’ error, and click
on the left column, and the text shall auto-flow.

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Much like we did earlier with the primary
text frame document, let’s go to page 10,

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and place the cursor at the same paragraph,
and then go to type, and then insert break

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character, and select page break, to push
the rest of the text to the next page.

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Take your cursor to the ‘maser page’ zone,
and right-click, and select ‘new master’ option.

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In the pop-up menu, the prefix will already
be selected as ‘B master’, so just hit okay.

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Now go to A master, and copy the frames on
both the pages, like we did earlier, and then

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paste them on B master.

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Let’s also shorten the text boxes on both
the pages.

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Since my B master is ready, let’s click
page 11 to select it, and then right-click

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and select ‘apply master to pages’, and
from the popup menu, select B master, and

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hit okay.

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You’ll find that page 11, is not taking
effect of the new master applied to it, like

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it did with the primary text frame, so that’s
one big reason why you should use primary

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text frame instead, particularly when you’re
composing a book, or a document that has a

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lot of pages in it.

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Alright guys, that concludes our session,
it’s time for a short break, and I shall

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see you in just a bit.

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Good bye!