How to Use Smart Text Reflow in Adobe InDesign CS5 Subject Descriptors: InDesign CS5, Smart Text Reflow, Limit to Master Frames, Automatically Delete Empty Pages, Change Location of Added Pages Application (Version): Adobe InDesign CS5 Task Description: Learn how to use smart text reflow in InDesign CS5 Tutorial Date: 5 June 2009, by Virinia Smith. Updated 29 June 2010 Make Sure Smart Text is Turned On Smart Text should be on by default, but to be sure it is turned on, go to Preferences>Type under the Edit tab in a PC, the InDesign tab in a Mac. Make sure the Smart Text Reflow and Limit to Master Text Frames options are checked. How to Use Smart Text Reflow in Adobe InDesign CS5 - 1
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How to Use Smart Text Reflow in Adobe InDesign CS5
Subject Descriptors: InDesign CS5, Smart Text Reflow, Limit to Master Frames, Automatically DeleteEmpty Pages, Change Location of Added Pages
Application (Version): Adobe InDesign CS5
Task Description: Learn how to use smart text reflow in InDesign CS5
Tutorial Date: 5 June 2009, by Virinia Smith. Updated 29 June 2010
Make Sure Smart Text is Turned On
Smart Text should be on by default, but to be sure it is turned on, go to Preferences>Type under the Edit tab in a PC, the InDesign tab in a Mac. Make sure the Smart Text Reflow and Limit to MasterText Frames options are checked.
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Place Text into the Document
Under File>Place, browse through your documents to find the text you would like to place. After youclick Open, the text will appear next to your cursor and you may then place it in a frame. Normally youwould press Shift to autoflow the entire story and add pages as necessary. But because Smart TextReflow is on, you simply click. You will notice that unlike CS3, there is no overset in the corner of yourframe, and the rest of your story is autoflowed.
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This feature is also available for copying and pasting, as well as typing. This is an extremely usefulimprovement from CS3 which no longer requires that you manually flow the text frame onto a new page.
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Smart Text Reflow only works for stories that are based on a master page text frame. If you rarely usethe master page text frame, but would like to use the Text Reflow feature, you simply need to tweakyour features a little. Preferences are found under InDesign>Preferences>Type on a Mac and Edit>Preferences>Type on a PC. Once again, make sure that Smart Text Reflow is on, but uncheckthe option next to Limit to Master Text Frames are both on.
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Type or Insert Text
Once you start typing, your text should automatically flow to another frame. In this example, anadditional three columns are added to your document, automatically threaded.
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Automatically Delete Empty Pages
To have CS4 automatically delete empty pages you may have, select File>Revert. Open up the Preferences window automatically by pressing Command+K (Ctrl+K on a PC). Then select DeleteEmpty Pages under Type.
Additional Options:If you would like to add two pages at once, check Preserve Facing Page-Spreads. This is useful ininstances where you are creating a document with two-page spreads.
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Change Location of Added Pages
To change where your extra pages are added, click one of the following options: End of Story, End ofSection, or End of Document.
*Note: Turning on the Smart Text Reflow will not cause every single text frame to create additionalpages. Only when at least two frames are required to hold text, and when those frames are separatedonto two separate pages will Smart Text Reflow kick in.
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