126: Thou shall create text threads for stories or chapters at the planning stage

Commentary When you are first supplied with the copy for a multi-page layout, you are usually forced to break it up into parts to a certain degree, but large portions can usually stay intact. It is best to keep stories or chapters as a single chunk of copy by first importing the text into a series of threaded text boxes. The small signifier at the bottom right of the first text box can be clicked to load the cursor with any overmatter, allowing you to create as many extra text boxes as needed to view the complete linked text chain. Once all the copy is styled, you will know how many pages it takes up and be able to start making some design decisions pretty quickly. Why is this preferable to creating separate text boxes and cutting and pasting each i....JF