Linking text boxes

[Volunteer Mom]

Using Publisher 2002, I have multiple text boxes on separate pages. I want
to link them, so that I can use the "Continued" messages, but they already
have data in them. Is there a way to link them, without having to start over
with empty text boxes?

 

[Ed Bennett]

While waiting for decisions from his 6 university choices, Ed sees a

Using Publisher 2002, I have multiple text boxes on separate pages.
I want to link them, so that I can use the "Continued" messages, but
they already have data in them. Is there a way to link them, without
having to start over with empty text boxes?

You will need to move all the text from the later text boxes to the first.

Click in the second text box so that an insertion point (flashing "|")
appears.
Tap Ctrl+A
Tap Ctrl+X
Click in the first text box of the chain so that an insertion point appears.
Tap Ctrl+End (next to Delete)
Tap Ctrl+V

Now link Text Box 1 to Text Box 2.
Repeat until golden brown.

 

[Volunteer Mom]

Thank you.. Now it is a trade-off, because I have already spent some time
formatting each of those separated text boxes. I think if I copy them all
into one big text box so they can be linked, then I will have to redo all my
spacing.

Hope your 6 university choices all make the good decision to invite you to
spend time with them.

 

[Volunteer Mom]

I was afraid that would be the answer. I had already done some spacing of
text in each of those boxes so that relevant data would be grouped together.
I am afraid that I will have to redo that work, if I make them 1 big text box
and then link them. Oh, well, that's a decision I will have to make.

 

[Kim]

Ed -
Any idea how to link text boxes for a large document without having to
manually link from one page to another. For instance, if I were to insert
enough text from word to fill 50 pages and my pages were already set up in
publisher, how can I get the text to autoflow without having to say "yes to
autoflow" 50 times? Help!

 

[Ed Bennett]

Any idea how to link text boxes for a large document without having to
manually link from one page to another. For instance, if I were to
insert enough text from word to fill 50 pages and my pages were
already set up in publisher, how can I get the text to autoflow
without having to say "yes to autoflow" 50 times? Help!

If there was only one text box on each page (any number of other objects,
but just one text box), you could write a relatively simple macro to do it.

 

[Quilting Lady]

Here are the original ? and Ans

While waiting for decisions from his 6 university choices, Ed sees a


You will need to move all the text from the later text boxes to the first.

Click in the second text box so that an insertion point (flashing "|")
appears.
Tap Ctrl+A
Tap Ctrl+X
Click in the first text box of the chain so that an insertion point appears.
Tap Ctrl+End (next to Delete)
Tap Ctrl+V

Now link Text Box 1 to Text Box 2.
Repeat until golden brown.

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