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Tip: You can flow text from one area to another on any page, even earlier pages. If
you need to flow into an area many pages away, it’s probably easier to use the above
method, although if you zoom out to a small page size you can drag the overflow
arrow across pages.
To disconnect one text area from another, just drag on the overflow indicator and
drop it away from any text area.
If you delete a text area that is connected to another only the area is deleted, the text
will simply re-flow into the remaining text areas.
Resizing text areas
Using the TEXT TOOL, you can click and drag on any of the corner control handles. The
text in the area will be reformatted to fit the new size.
Alternatively you can use the
SELECTOR TOOL to resize the text object, but in this case
the behavior is different. If you resize a text object using the
SELECTOR TOOL, the text
itself changes size. This is consistent with the normal operation of the
SELECTOR TOOL.
However in the case of flowing text areas this would cause undesired side-effects;
you almost certainly do not want part of a flowing text story to be a different point
size than the rest. Therefore, the
SELECTOR TOOL behavior varies depending on
whether you are resizing one text area that contains a flowing text story, or resizing
the whole text story. The rule is:
• If you resize a single unconnected text area (or simple text or text column) then
the area "container" and text content are resized together.
• If you select the text areas of the whole flowing text story (they have to be on a
single page) then a resize will resize the text and areas together.
• But if you resize a text area that is part of a flowing series of text areas, then only
the container size is altered and the text inside remains the original size, and will
be re-formatted to fit the new size. This is like resizing a text area with the
TEXT
Tool.
If you want to resize all text in a text story, select it all with "Ctrl + A", and apply the
required font size.
You can rotate a text area, using the
SELECTOR TOOL as normal, and the text will flow
through the rotated text area normally.