Adobe InDesign CS5 - Manual (Page 153)

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Limit To Master Text Frames If this option is turned off, you can also add or remove pages when editing text frames
that aren’t based on master pages. To prevent unwanted text reflow from occurring, Smart Text Reflow takes effect
only if the text frame you’re editing is threaded to at least one other text frame on a different page.
Note: When using Smart Text Reflow in text frames that aren’t based on master pages, pages are added with full-page,
single-column text frames, regardless of the attributes of the text frame to which the new frame is threaded.
Preserve Facing-Page Spreads This option determines whether facing-page spreads are preserved when text is
reflowed in the middle of a document. If this option is selected when text reflows in the middle of the document, a new
two-page spread is added. If this option is not selected, a single new page is added, and subsequent pages are “shuffled.”
If your layout includes design elements specific to the right or left side of the spread, turn on this option. If your left
and right pages are interchangeable, you can turn off this option. This option is dimmed if the document does not have
facing pages.
Delete Empty Pages Select this option to delete pages when you edit text or hide conditions. Pages are deleted only if
the emptied text frame is the only object on the page.
To see how Smart Text Reflow can let you use InDesign as a text editor, create a document with Facing Pages turned
off and Master Text Frame selected. In Type preferences, make sure that Smart Text Reflow and Delete Empty Pages
are selected. On the first page, hold down Ctrl+Shift (Windows) or Command+Shift (Mac OS), and click the master text
frame to override it. When you type enough text to fill this text frame, a new page and text frame is added automatically.
If you delete enough text, a page is removed.
Articles (CS5.5)
Articles provide an easy way to create relationships among page items. These relationships can be used to define the
content to be exported to EPUB, HTML, or Accessible PDFs; and to define the order of the content. You can create
articles from a combination of existing page items within a layout, including images, graphics, or text. Once an article
has been created, page items can be added, removed, or reordered. Articles can be created manually by dragging one
or more page items to an article in the Articles panel.
You can also add bulk content to an article. Adding selected content to selected article, or adding an entire document
content to an article is supported.
Note: The XML structure panel provides another mechanism to decide the order of the content to be exported to the ePub,
HTML, and Accessible PDF exports workflows. The Articles panel is designed to be simpler, easier to use, and more
accessible, for people without XML skills. However, the ability to use the XML structure panel has not been removed; it is
now an option alongside the use of the Articles panel during the export process. See “
Structuring documents for XML ” on
page 586.
Create an article and add content to it
1 Choose Window > Articles to open the Articles panel.
2 Select the page items to add to the article.
To create an empty article, don’t select a page item in the layout.
3 Do one of the following:
• Choose New Article from the Articles panel menu.
• Click Create New Article at the bottom of the Articles panel.