Merge local and linked text

A frame, containing local text, can be linked to a current or linked article text in the way that the local content gets merged to the linked text, or ignored, or considered as a jump line. The choice is made manually during linking, in the Link text to frames dialog box, or in custom scripts or in library Tool, predefining desired action.

Have in mind that, to merge a local frame to a (linked) text, you can drag a text (to be linked) from navigator to the local frame.

MERGING LOCAL TEXT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LINKED TEXT

This option simply adds the local text in the first paragraph, or in a separate line above the first paragraph, in the linked. text. Use this option to link frames containing tags to the raw linked text, e.g. headline, or body, and also when linking library objects with tags.

If the local text is in a library object, and if you repeat the linking operation with the same library object, the local text will be duplicated in the linked text.

MERGING LOCAL TEXT AT THE END OF THE LINKED TEXT

It adds the local text at the bottom of the linked text.

LINKING FRAME AND REMOVING LOCAL TEXT

This option links the frame but ignores it's content. The content (tags and text) is automatically removed before linking and does not appear in the linked text.

LINKING FRAME AND CONVERTING LOCAL TEXT INTO JUMPLINE

This option links the frame but keeps the local text in the original frame, as a jumpline. This is a special link type, that allows to use page variables in the linked frame. The content of the frame (tags and text) does not appear in the linked text.

More about jumplines is available in Jump Stories and Jumplines.