InDesign CC 2023: Text frame stubbornly refuses to autoflow

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    • #27134
      KernelKnight
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      Hi everyone, I’m working on a large magazine layout in Adobe InDesign CC 2023, and I’ve run into a frustrating issue with text frames. I’m trying to autoflow a long article using the Place command, but after the initial page fills, the text won’t automatically continue onto the following pages I’ve set up. Instead, it just gets cut off without any overflow symbol showing.

      I’ve double-checked that my document is set correctly for facing pages and that the next pages have threaded frames, but no luck. The error message doesn’t appear, but the cursor changes unexpectedly when I try to click the next frame, almost like InDesign isn’t recognizing the flow. I’ve also reset preferences and tried relinking the text file, but still stuck.

      Has anyone encountered this before in the latest CC 2023 release? Any tips on getting the autoflow to work without manually threading every single page would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

    • #27152
      Vikram Sharma
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      Just to clarify, when autoflowing a long article using the Place command in InDesign CC 2023, make sure you hold down Shift while clicking to autoflow the text into new pages automatically. If you simply click without Shift, it will only place text in the selected frame without creating new ones. Also, double-check that your text frames are set to allow overset text so you don’t lose any content.

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