Inline merge

Applicable situations

• You have a layout document with one page with a single text frame OR a group of elements you want to repeat inside a text frame (inline merge) to take advantage of reflowing content.

Setup your document

• Make sure you only have one page in your document, spreads turned off.
• Make sure you only have ONE text frame on that page and NOTHING ELSE
• Inside this text frame you can either have placeholders or anchored objects – check the sections below

Working with groups

• Prepare your document like mentioned above in „Setup your document“
• Prepare a group with every placeholder you need:

• Group everything and copy/paste it as anchored object INTO the text frame:

Important: Make sure you only have ONE text frame on that page and NOTHING ELSE

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:

• Replace with text
• Replace with image
• Replace with QR-Code

Once you are in the export section of MyDataMerge you should now be able to select the corresponding export option.

Working with text frames

• Prepare your document like mentioned above in „Setup your document“
• Add another text frame with every placeholder you need:

• Copy/paste that text frame as anchored object INTO the empty text frame:

Important: Make sure you only have ONE text frame on that page and NOTHING ELSE

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:

• Replace with text
• Replace with image
• Replace with QR-Code

Once you are in the export section of MyDataMerge you should now be able to select the corresponding export option.