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Connecting text areas—text flow
When text overflows the bottom of the text area, a flow arrow is shown on the bottom of
the area. If you drag this over any other text area, the overflow text will flow into the new
text area, and the two areas become connected. This is shown with a flow arrow.

Overflowing text area with
flow arrow.

If the text cursor is in an area with overflowing text, then just click-drag on the page to
create a new text area. The new text area is automatically connected and text will flow
into the new area.

Tip: You can flow text from one area to another on any page, even earlier pages. If you
need to flow into an area many pages away, it’s probably easier to use the above
method, although if you zoom out to a small page size you can drag the overflow arrow
across pages.

To disconnect one text area from another, just drag on the overflow indicator and drop it
away from any text area. Or click on the flow arrow at the bottom of the text area and
select UNLINK TEXT FLOW.

If you delete a text area that is connected to another only the area is deleted, the text will
simply re-flow into the remaining text areas.