How to copy a frame with its text and sub-frame contents?

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#1

I'm creating a flyer to be printed on an A4 sheet, which will then be cut in half, so I want identical contents on the top and bottom halves of the page.

I have created the top in one of two frames that I have placed on the page. The frame contains a background image, text, and a sub-frame.

Having created one half, I now want to copy the lot, and place it in the second frame.

How?

Peter West

"Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick..."

#2

Ok. I had two problems.

1) I somehow got two copies of the file open simultaneously. When I tried to select the frame for copying, copy was not an option.

Once I sorted that out,
2) when I selected what I thought was the main frame (and, indeed, I had), when I tried to paste into the second frame, I saw offset copies of the two subframes, but nothing of the main frame with its background images and its text.

I finally discovered that I had copied everything, but that the main frame had been copied in place, right over the top of the original, while the subframes had been offset. When I selected again, back over the main frame, and moved the selection, my copy moved. Even better, when I dropped the dragged copy in the new frame, the sub-frame were magically restored to their correct relative positions in the main frame.

Using 4.2.0.2 on OS X 10.9.1 (Mavericks)

Peter West

"Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick..."

#3

o Delete the second (empty) frame.
o Click the edge of the main frame to select it - so that you see the eight coloured handles.
o Copy the frame (Edit | Copy or Ctrl+C).
o Click outside the frame to deselect it.
o Paste (Edit | Paste or Ctrl+V).
o Because it will be anchored identically, the new frame will probably appear superimposed on the original. Select it and drag it where you need it or use Format | Frame/Object ... and set the position there.

Incidentally, there is another technique. Instead of using a frame for the original (or as well as doing so), use a section. For the second copy, create another section. In the second section, tick the Link box and select the first section's name from the drop-down list for Section. That way, you will get a copy of the first section that should automatically update as you modify the first.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker