![]() However it did include 'Balanced Ragged Lines', which seemed to be in the same ballpark as your suggestion, so I switched that off and tried running the data merge again. ![]() When I've extended the text frame I only did so vertically (so "" isn't getting any additional horizontal space)īut I checked the paragraph style just in case.I rarely use GREP (would love to speak GREP but suck at it).My initial reaction was to flatly rule it out, because The line you show where this occurs contains "" and prevents text flowing into column until frame is stretched. (Alternatively is there something I can look for in the CSV file which might be causing this? FWIW to me it seems unlikely that the source data file is the problem given that the issue seems to be consistently triggered by whether the data would extend into the second column or not.)Īre there any GREP styles used in the paragraph style? One possible GREP scenario I see: a no break character style applied to text with. Is there something about the way I have built the template? The overset test error is not produced if all the data fits into the first column (i.e. ![]() Contracting text frame back to less than original size (but with all the data now visible) For the point of completeness (and possible help isolating the cause) if I extend the frame further InDesign appears to think it is displaying everything (no red plus icon)Ĥ. After extending the right hand text frame a tiny bit (now displaying all the data, but somewhat intriguingly still showing the red plus icon in the bottom right of the frame)ģ. As initially displayed (right hand frame not displaying any data)Ģ. ![]() Here is an example of a merged record which triggers an overset text error and doesn't display properly:ġ. (Typically there will also be a couple of instances of 'legitimate' overset text-where the data doesn't visibly fit in the two text frames-and for these I manually apply a different paragraph style with a compressed typeface). Indeed, as shown below, I have found through trial and error that simply enlarging and then contracting the second frame is enough to unearth the data and clear the error. But when I look at the specific pages identified in the overset text report in most cases it is not at all clear why the text supposedly does not fit. As you can see this data is displayed in a table of two columns, which respectively contain placeholders for a graphic and for text, which is flowed across threaded text frames.įrustratingly in the the merged document any page on which this table has sufficient data such that it should extend into the text frame on the right instead gets an overset text error, without any data displayed in the right hand column. (I use this once per quarter, for a job that requires a turnaround of only a couple of hours, so I can ill afford the mucking about I currently have to do to produce the finished doc).Įach person's data contains hundreds of values, most of which are simply numerical values or text fields with just a few words, and my ID doc handles the data merge for this data into multi-column tables just fine.īut each person's records also include up to 39 'Actions' which have greater variability in the length of the values, as shown in the Master page below. You'll have creative control over newsletters, brochures and flyers.I have created an InDesign template from which I produce an ~400 page document from the records of ~100 people. You'll learn InDesign's innovative beginning to advanced features, including drawing tools, graphics, text frames, transparency, tables, color gradients and other options. InDesign offers all the tools needed for page layout, including typographic control of text, master pages, styles, controlled text flow and multiple column layouts. What it is:Īdobe's InDesign is a page layout program that allows complete compatibility with other Adobe graphic applications such as Photoshop and Illustrator. People who want to make professional (longer-form) print designs like catalogues, company reports, magazines, and books.
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