Obviously with a long text flow, Manual Text Flow is not really suited, but it does give you a bit more control, for example if I wanted to skip this column, I could just move to the second column and place my text there. If I want to add another page, the keyboard shortcut is Command + Shift + P or Control + Shift + P, but before I do that, I will reload my cursor at the page and then I can continue my text flow. If I click on the red plus, I reload my cursor and I can now continue the text flow. At the end of the column or the page if it is a single-column page, the text flow stops and we see a red plus indicating overset text. If I want my columns to start at the top margin, then I need to mouse over the top margin, you'll see that the arrow changes from black to white and I know that I'm snapping to the top margin. Now with manual text flow, where you click in the column, that becomes the starting point of your text frame and the width of your text frame is determined by the width of the column. I'll undo that by pressing Command or Control + Z. Before I look specifically at Manual Text Flow, I should point out that there is also the option to click and drag to determine whatever width and height of text frame you want. I will place the same text file, this time using the keyboard shortcut, Command or Control + D. Primary Text Frames are useful for longer text flows because they are created on the master page or master page spread, you can come to the master pages, select the frames, make any adjustment to them that you see fit and that adjustment will be reflected on all of the document pages. For the pages to be added, Smart Text Reflow needs to be on. Primary Text Frame works in conjunction with a type preference called Smart Text Reflow. Click inside the frame and where I was before. When my cursor is over the frame, the dotted line is curved. When my cursor is outside of the frame, the dotted line is square. Had I not selected the frame, then I would have a loaded type cursor. I'm just gonna press Command or Control + Z to undo that. If I select the frame and then come to the File menu and choose Place, choose my text file, click Open, the text goes into that frame and after a brief pause, will create as many pages as are necessary to accommodate the text. The Primary Text Frame is actually on the master page spread. We can identify a Primary Text Frame by this icon. In the first of these when it was created, this check box was checked. They are all two-column letter size documents. In this movie, I want to look at InDesign's text flow methods beginning with using a Primary Text Frame.
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