At this point, the content in the Midwest Pet Pals Gazette has completely filled up the two document pages we currently have. We've run out of room to display the full content of the main article — and we still have more to add to the newsletter. We'll need to add some more pages to the newsletter before adding any more content.
In this section, we'll add two more pages to the document, then learn how to work with text flow to move the remaining content in the main article to the fourth page in the newsletter. We'll also learn how to create a jump line that tells people where to find the rest of the main article.
Creating jump lines
Whenever a story in a multi-page publication skips to a non-contiguous page, we need to let readers know where to find the rest of the story. This is done through the use of jump lines, or single lines of text saying "continued on page y" where the story stops and "continued from page x" where the story picks up again.
In InDesign, we can create jump lines in separate frames that overlap the story we're working with, and the jump line's page number will automatically update based on where the story continues or leaves off. That way, if the second part of the story is moved around in the document, the jump line page number will automatically be updated to indicate where the article picks up without us needing to change the page number ourselves.
Creating a "continued on" text frame
We already know that this issue of the Midwest Pet Pals Gazette will have a total of four pages — to make some space for content on the third page of the newsletter, the main article will jump from page 2 to page 4.
We'll start out by creating the "continued on" text frame where the story stops on page 2. This will involve using a dynamically updating page number. We'll also need to adjust the text frame's options in order for it to ignore the text wrap applied to the large image at the bottom of page 2.
To open the Pages panel, in the Panel dock,
Click
To move to page 2, in the Pages panel,
Double-Click
To activate the Rectangle Frame tool, in the Tools panel,
Click
To draw the text frame for the jump line, at the bottom of the third column, just above the graphic,
Press & Drag a 1/4 inch tall frame that spans the column, directly above the image
NOTE: Use the measurement tooltip to help make sure the frame is the correct height.
To change the frame's content to text,
Right-Click inside the frame, Point Content, Click Text
We now have a text frame for the "continued on" jump line. However, if we try to add text to it, we won't see it due to the text wrap applied to the image below the text frame.
Ignoring text wrap from surrounding objects
When placing a text frame near an object that has a text wrap applied to it, there may be some cases where we want the contents of that text frame to ignore the text wrap applied to the nearby object. In this case, we have a 1/4 inch top offset spacing applied to the image across the bottom of the page — if we try to add text to the new frame right now, it won't appear due to the conflicting text wrap. However, there's an option in the Text Frame Options dialog box that will allow the frame to ignore the text wrap from surrounding objects. Let's change this setting now so we can add the jump line to this frame.
To activate the Type tool, in the Tools panel,
Click
To select the text frame we want to work with, in the frame at the bottom of the third column,
Click inside the frame
To open the Text Frame Options dialog box,
Right-Click inside the frame, Click Text Frame Options…
To ignore any text wrap applied to surrounding objects, underneath the Vertical Justification section,
Click the checkbox for Ignore Text Wrap
To apply the changes made, in the bottom right corner of the dialog box,
Click
Make sure the blinking cursor is visible inside the text frame.
To change the font to Georgia, in the Font field on the Control panel,
Click, type: Georgia, Click Georgia Italic
To change the font size to 8 pt, with the text still selected, in the Font Size field,
Press & Drag value, type: 8 Enter key
To add the jump line text to the frame, on the keyboard, type:
"Overpopulation", continued on page Spacebar
To add the dynamically updating page number,
Right-Click after the text, Point Insert Special Character, Point Markers, Click Next Page Number
To start centering the text vertically inside the frame, on the keyboard, press:
Control key + B
To change the vertical justification from top to center, in the Vertical Justification field,
Click , Click Center
To apply the changes made, in the bottom right corner of the dialog box,
Click
We now have a jump line — the "continued on" page number is currently showing as page 2, as we haven't moved the rest of the text to another page yet. Once we move the overset text, this number will change.
Inserting more pages
At this point, we're ready to add two more pages to the newsletter to hold the rest of the main story and the additional content we want to include. As we add the pages, we also want to make sure that the proper parent page is applied to them — we'll use the Insert Pages dialog box to make this happen.
Open the Pages panel, if necessary.
To open the Insert Pages dialog box, in the upper right corner of the Pages panel,
Click, Click Insert Pages…
To indicate the number of pages to add to the document, in the Pages field,
Press & Drag value, type: 2
Ensure that the Insert dropdown is displaying After Page, and that the page number displayed in the dropdown is 2.
To indicate which parent page should be applied to the new pages, in the Parent dropdown, if necessary,
Click , Click B-Inside
To finish adding the new pages, near the upper right corner of the dialog box,
Click
Our document now has four pages, and we're ready to move the extra content from the main story to page 4.
Threading a story with a frame's in and out ports
When we jump stories from one page to another, we need to connect the text frame containing the existing text to a new frame on another page in the document. This process is referred to as threading text.
In order to thread text between two frames, we'll need to use the text frame's out port (if we're moving text to a new page further on in the document) or in port (if we're picking up a thread from a previous page in the document). Depending on the text frame's status or position in the story, the in/out port may show one of the following symbols:
: An empty in/out port indicates the beginning or end of a story.
: An arrow in an in/out indicates this frame is linked to another frame – if the arrow shows in the in port, it means it's linked to a preceding text frame, and if it's in the out port it means it's linking to a following text frame.
: The red plus sign in an out port indicates there is more text in the story to be placed, but there are no more connected text frames in which to place it. The remaining unseen text is referred to as overset text.
Using the Selection tool, if we click on the third column of text on page 2 and look near the bottom right corner of the page, we'll see the red plus sign in the out port that indicates overset text:
Let's move the overset text from the third column on page 2 to the first column on page 4. In order to do this, we'll click on the out port of the column with the overset text, then click on the in port of the column we want to connect the text to.
To activate the Selection tool, in the Tools panel,
Click
To select the column with the overset text, on page 2,
Click inside the third column of text
To start threading the story from page 2 to page 4, at the bottom of the third column of text,
Click
NOTE: The out port icon is located near the bottom right corner of the graphic of the cat on page 2.
To move to page 4, in the Pages panel,
Double-Click
To place the overset text, in the left column on page 4,
Click in the upper left corner of the column
The text flows into the column, and if we move back to page 2, we'll see that the dynamically updating page number in the jump line now indicates the story is continued on page 4:
On your own: Creating a "continued from" jump line
Now that we've placed the rest of the story, we'll need to include an additional jump line to indicate where the story left off from. For this exercise, you'll create a "continued from" jump line at the top of the first column on page 4 on your own.
With the Rectangle Frame tool, draw a 1/4 inch tall frame for the jump line at the top of column 1 on page 4.
Apply a bounding box text wrap to the frame in the Text Wrap panel.
Change the frame's content type to text.
Format the text as Georgia Italic, 8 pt.
In the frame, type the following: "Overpopulation", continued from page Spacebar
Insert a Previous Page Number automatic page number at the end of the line of text.
, type: Georgia, 
, 
: An empty in/out port indicates the beginning or end of a story.
: An arrow in an in/out indicates this frame is linked to another frame – if the arrow shows in the in port, it means it's linked to a preceding text frame, and if it's in the out port it means it's linking to a following text frame.
: The red plus sign in an out port indicates there is more text in the story to be placed, but there are no more connected text frames in which to place it. The remaining unseen text is referred to as overset text. 
