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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Hi Andrew,<BR>
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With Xdata, you can use «numtochar(11)» ( inserts a vertical tab ) or «numtochar(12)» (inserts a box/page break). Both have the same effect: jumping you to the next text box.<BR>
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InData?InDesign cannot interpret these, though. You have to place the InDesign tag for a break into a variable, and use a put styled statement to place the variable (and break) where you need it in your prototype:<BR>
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«put “<cnxc:Box>” & return into BoxBreak»<BR>
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«put “<cnxc:Column>” & return into ColumnBreak»<BR>
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«put “<cnxc:Page>” & return into PageBreak»<BR>
or<BR>
«put “<cnxc:EvenPage>” & return into EvenPageBreak»<BR>
or<BR>
«put “<cnxc:OddPage>” & return into OddPageBreak»<BR>
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And later:<BR>
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«put styled BoxBreak»<BR>
or<BR>
«put styled ColumnBreak»<BR>
or<BR>
«put styled PageBreak»<BR>
or<BR>
«put styled EvenPageBreak»<BR>
or<BR>
«put styled OddPageBreak»<BR>
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Does this help?<BR>
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Regards,<BR>
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Joe Mathia<BR>
Em Software Support / <a href="support@emsoftware.com">support@emsoftware.com</a> / www.emsoftware.com<BR>
(+1) 740 284 1010, fax (+1) 740 284 1210<BR>
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On 8/3/08 10:18 PM, "Andrew Bischoff" <<a href="andrewb@ch1.com.au">andrewb@ch1.com.au</a>> wrote:<BR>
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In my prototype I use several <BR>
</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Myriad Pro"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'><B>«return» codes, does anyone know if there is a forced text frame change(shift num-return) or even forced page break (control num-return )<BR>
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Andrew Bischoff<BR>
Creative Director<BR>
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