For use with Adobe® InDesign® 2026 and above
TextStitch PL threads and unthreads Adobe® InDesign® text frames: automatically, or one click per frame. It is especially handy after Data Merge, to thread all the merged records into a single story in one go.
What it does
All commands are in the API → Text Stitch menu. They appear once a document is open.
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Auto Stitch threads all unthreaded text frames in a logical order: roughly left to right, top to bottom, page by page. Frames that are already threaded are left alone.
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Begin Quick Stitch lets you click text frames in the order you want them threaded. Selected frames turn black while you work. End Quick Stitch threads them; Abort Quick Stitch leaves everything unchanged.
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Auto Unstitch breaks all text threads on the current spread or in the whole document. Auto Unstitch Selected Story does the same for just the selected story. Careful: it also removes threads you made by hand.
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Split Story After Selected Frame breaks a story in two after the selected frame.
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Configure… chooses current spread or whole document, whether to stitch frames that already contain text, and whether to insert frame breaks so each frame’s text stays locked in its own frame.
What’s new in 1.1.0
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Support for Adobe® InDesign® 2026 and later.
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Installs from PluginInstaller: no more copying files by hand.
Installing TextStitch PL
TextStitch PL needs APID ToolAssistant PL, a free helper plug-in.
- Download, install and start PluginInstaller. Close Adobe® InDesign®. Clicking the following two links will trigger PluginInstaller.
- Click this link to fetch APID ToolAssistant PL: APID ToolAssistant PL. Then click the Install… button or click the … button to see all install options.
- Click this link to fetch TextStitch PL: TextStitch PL. Then click the Install… button, or click the … button to see all install options.
- Restart Adobe® InDesign® and open or create a document.
PluginInstaller installs the files for you. If you install TextStitch PL before APID ToolAssistant PL, PluginInstaller will warn you that APID ToolAssistant PL must also be installed before it will work.
Alternatively, you can install this software directly from PluginInstaller. Select Available Software, then scroll through the list and/or use the Search box to locate APID ToolAssistant PL or TextStitch PL.
Earlier versions of Adobe® InDesign®
Installing SPLNs through PluginInstaller requires Adobe® InDesign® 2026 or newer. For earlier versions, install the SPLN files manually; PluginInstaller is still required for activation. See the earlier-version TextStitch page for manual installation information.
Once a document is open, the commands appear in API → Text Stitch.
No account is needed. TextStitch PL is free; if it saves you time, a donation
