TextStitch

Intro

This tool helps you with threading of text frames in InDesign CS or higher. There are three main functions: Auto-Stitch, Auto-Unstitch and Quick-Stitch.

Auto-Stitch will automatically thread all unthreaded text frames it finds, in a logical order (roughly left-right, top-down, page order).

Auto-Unstitch, will break text threads.

Quick-Stitch, allows you to ‘stitch’ multiple text frames together with just a single click per frame.

Installation

Before you start installing, exit out of InDesign.

Please make sure you have a copy of the APID ToolAssistant plug-in installed. Make sure you install the proper plug-in for your version of InDesign since the plug-ins are mutually incompatible. The Windows CS5.x (or higher) plug-ins also come with an additional folder with a parenthesised name which needs to be copied along.

If you already have an APID ToolAssistant plug-in installed (e.g. because you use one of our other plug-ins), make sure it is up-to-date.

You will be installing two separate, but related software products: TextStitch and APID ToolAssistant. TextStitch will continue to work when the APID ToolAssistant demo expires.

i.e You do NOT need to purchase a license for APID ToolAssistant.

Copy the TextStitch.spln into the same folder as the APID ToolAssistant plug-in (typically that will be the InDesign Plug-Ins folder). Don’t worry about the icon of the .spln file: it might not be a ‘regular’ icon, and that’s OK.

Usage

The main function of TextStitch is Auto-Stich, you can find out about the other two functions (Auto-Unstitch & Quick-Stitch) by following the link to the manual on the More Info tab

Auto-stitch will automatically thread all unthreaded text frames it finds, in a logical order (roughly left-right, top-down, page order).

It can be configured to either skip over non-empty text frames, or instead indiscriminately stitch empty and non-empty frames alike into the story thread.

It will always ignore any frames that have already been threaded. When frames are positioned in irregular positions, it’ll try to guess a logical order.

This function can be performed either on the current spread, or throughout the complete document.

There is a configuration dialog under the API – Text Stitch – Configure… menu item which allows you to change the setting for the various options.

More Info

For more detailed information on TextStitch, go to:

https://www.rorohiko.com/wordpress/manuals/textstitch-manual/