I want each entry to have one line break between them, and then flow from page to page. Old comparison because that's when my knowledge of what Adobe InDesign could do. Can you show an example of your desired result?Īlso I don't think it is saying much to compare Publisher to Indesign years ago, not even sure why there would be comparison to anything but what is out now. You would set your data fields on the page, then created your merged document, so each page has the next record from the csv file.Īre you wanting to merge onto one page all records, ie record 1-10 - page 1? Not record 1 - page 1, record 2 - page 2, etc. Not sure I am understanding what you are expecting or wanting data merge to do.
INDESIGN DATA MERGE LONG ITEM LIST HOW TO
It's custom made for me, so don't expect to be able to download as is and use it for your project, unless you know how to change the code. For anyone who understands these sorts of things. I realize Publisher's data merge functions are still in beta, but I would be ecstatic to know there's something in the works to have the resulting data merge exist in one continuous text frame.īarring that, would there be a way my husband's code could mark up the data merge in such a way that when I copy and paste it into Affinity, Affinity will automatically apply certain formats? Or is that a bit too outside the box?
INDESIGN DATA MERGE LONG ITEM LIST UPDATE
It has made my life a million times simpler - though it still means if my client comes back to me with a change, I either have to manually go in to make the update (which can sometimes require updated pagination), or redo the entire directory. txt document being created with all of the info exactly as it needs to be all in one place that I can then copy and paste into Publisher and quickly do a bit of hand formatting (using a combination of find/replace for specific characters and and applying paragraph styles). Well, my husband (who writes code for scientific database uses) offered to make a little bit of Pearl code for me that I could then use to do my own data merge, which results in a simple. When you're dealing with hundreds of entries, there's nothing quite as mind-numbing as putting everything back together so that you can adjust for pagination, unused space, etc. But after trying it I realized I was still going to be stuck with multiple text frames when what I really needed was for all of the merged data to flow from one columned text frame to another, page by page. It's definitely better than what Adobe was offering a million years ago. I absolutely love that Affinity Publisher now has data merge.
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