Placing Line Tools between Text Frames

Radhakrishnan Radhakrishnan

This topic has 4 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 9 years ago by Alan Gilbertson.

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- April 27, 2015 at 4:27 am #74992
  
  Radhakrishnan Radhakrishnan
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  Greetings to all…
  
  I find this forum to be very active. I get much benefit from here. Thanks to all who are involved in this.
  
  I am trying to make a booklet with two different languages. Every page will have two text frames, arranged vertically. First text frame will have text in Language L1 and the the second text frame in Laguage L2. The booklet is of 300 pages. I want to demarcate both the text frames by inserting a Line. I can copy the Line in all the pages using “Multi Page Paste” (thanks to the developer). But, it “Pastes in Place” across the pages.
  
  Since my text frames are of varying sizes, the place of the Line also must change. Is there any way I can place the Line exactly in between the text frames in all the pages?
  
  Thanks in advance.
- April 27, 2015 at 5:08 am #74997
  
  Masood Ahmad
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  Try InGutter.jsx script
  
  https://www.indiscripts.com/post/2009/11/ingutter-howtos-7-essential-tips
- April 27, 2015 at 6:53 am #74999
  
  Radhakrishnan Radhakrishnan
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  Hi Masood Ahmad,
  Thanks for your quick reply. I am sorry. My text frames are arranged horizontally. InGutter script only draws vertical lines. I request any script to draw horizontal lines, between the frames of varying sizes.
- April 27, 2015 at 8:50 am #75003
  
  Masood Ahmad
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  Hi Radhakrishnan,
  
  Sorry. No ideas about this one.
  
  The only way I can think of it now is to create a horizontal line equal to the width of the text frame between the two frames and then distributing the three equally.
  
  May be someone can figure out a quicker method using a script, a #Jongware type.
- April 27, 2015 at 3:53 pm #75014
  
  Alan Gilbertson
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  I suppose the entire layout is already done, so there’s not much in the way of totally automated solutions, but here’s how I’d tackle this.
  
  You undoubtedly have a standard gap between your two language frames, so I’d select the first paragraph in the lower frame (on any page) and give it a new Paragraph Style with a Rule Above. Set that rule so it’s where you need it. Set the Next Style to your regular body copy style.
  
  Select the text frame and create a new Object Style. (Turn on Apply to Selection.) Check the Paragraph Style box, and in that options panel turn on Next Style.
  
  Now you can apply the new Object Style to the lower frame on each of the other pages to have the rule appear where it needs to be.
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