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Applicable situations
- You have a layout document with one or more pages, multiple equal sets in a grid you want to fill with data.
Note: If you do not have equal sets of data and need more freedom in placing your records, read more about the expert mode.
Working with groups
Setup your document
- Prepare the first group with every placeholder you need:
- Group everything and duplicate (or copy/paste) it as often as you want to have it on the page. The original will be the first to receive data, the first duplicate will be the second one, the second duplicate will be the third one… and so on. Keep this in mind when ordering groups.

You may add more groups on other pages of the document.
Don’t forget to have a look on our recommended best practices.
Then save and import your layout.
Depending on what kind of data you want to merge, please read these replacement type guides:
Working with single text frames
Setup your document
- Prepare the first text frame with every placeholder you need:
- Then duplicate (or copy/paste) it as often as you want to have it on the page. The original will be the first to receive data, the first duplicate will be the second one, the second duplicate will be the third one… and so on. Keep this in mind when ordering frames.
Don’t forget to have a look on our recommended best practices.
Then save and import your layout.
Depending on what kind of data you want to merge, please read these replacement type guides: