NewDeal Hot Tip 1906
NewWriteWe can have NewWrite automatically divide that default text frame into smaller frames by selecting to have 2 or more Columns in Page Setup, or we can do it manually by using the Pointer tool to select the frame by left-clicking anywhere on the frame's perimeter or boundary (the dotted line).
When a text frame is selected, the familiar object handles appear. Work with these handles to resize or move the text frame just as you would a graphics object: a text frame is simply a special kind of rectangle.
Text flows automatically and sequentially from one frame to the next, in the order of the which frames were created first. It is not possible to re-order text flow, but it is possible to rearrange the order of existing frames.
Unless you are working with a multi-page document which has already been created, you will want to start laying out a new multi-page document by invoking DTP Mode under Other in the Options menu. This allows you to create additional pages in your document (under the Layout menu) before you even begin composing.
With several pages open, moving frames is simply a matter of selecting them, grabbing the center handle, and dragging them down to the page desired.
What to do:
Before creating your new second text frame, make space for it on the page by resizing one or more of the existing frames. (How much space? On a 3-Column page filled with text, space equal to at least 1/3 to 1/2 the size of an existing frame.) You can make more space than is needed, then resize the frames to the desired layout.
To create a new text frame, simply select the frame, then choose Copy, then choose Paste.
Do not use the frame on the clipboard to create more than one frame. Each new frame has to be created individually, and always by copying the frame you want text to flow FROM.
So let's say you're starting out with a new document with its default page frame. You want to have 3 irregularly shaped frames on the page.
First, resize and position the page frame, either to the exact size and place you want it, or simply to make space on the page for additional frames.
Second, select the resized frame, Copy and Paste. You now have two frames, and text will flow automatically from the first to the second.
To make the third frame, select the SECOND frame (the one you just created), choose Copy and then Paste. You'll now have 3 frames with text flowing sequentially from the original first frame to the second frame and onto the third before moving to the frame on the next page.
NOTE: Instead of using Copy and Paste, you can simply hit the D key to duplicate the selected frame.
Last Modified 7 Mar 1999