User Guide

Using Type 239
Linking text blocks
You can link fixed-size text blocks to other text blocks or to objects, such as paths, to force text to
flow between the linked blocks or objects. Generally, you link text blocks when they contain
overflow text (indicated by a dot in the link box). However, you can also link empty or partially
filled blocks and then add text.
The order in which text flows from one block to the next is indicated by a link line.
Linked text blocks
You can link an auto-expanding text block as the final object in a linked set; however, do not use
an auto-expanding text block as the first or intermediary link in a set. Text will not flow out of an
auto-expanding text block, because the block expands to contain all the text placed into it.
A linked object acquires text block attributes and retains these attributes even if the text is deleted.
Changes to selected text in a linked text block may affect text in other linked blocks. For example,
when you enlarge the font size in one text block, text may reflow into the next block.
You can break a link between text blocks and retain the text blocks and the text placement that
follow the broken link. You can also break a link and delete the text and the text blocks that
follow the broken link.