From the course: iBooks Author Essential Training
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Linked text boxes - iBooks Author Tutorial
From the course: iBooks Author Essential Training
Linked text boxes
- One of the most common questions that I get asked about working with text in iBooks Author is, "How do you create linked text boxes?" It's actually pretty easy to do, but Apple hasn't made it very obvious. If you're following along, I have a blank document open to a blank layout page. It's important to note that creating linked text boxes only works on layout pages and will not work on a page that has already been inserted into your book. All you need to do is, first, create a text box by clicking the Text Box button. I'll go ahead and move the text box over here to the side. Then, we'll go ahead and select the text inside of the text box. We'll go up to the Format menu and come all the way down to the bottom to Advanced, and make sure Define as Placeholder Text is checked. And then you also want to check Enable Placeholder Text Authoring. Then, you want to make sure that your Inspector's open to the Layout tab. Come down to the Layout Object and check the box that says Editable on…
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