Autoflowing images and documents

Autoflow allows you to place multiple images or documents with one click or drag. It can be used to quickly place:

Page layout before autoflowing images
Page layout after autoflowing images
Pages before and after autoflowing images loaded onto the Place panel.

You might use autoflow to place images in repeating page layouts—either a single layout or a sequence of different layouts—such as for a lookbook or similar image gallery.

If there are insufficient pages in your document to accommodate all items, autoflow adds more pages and, if you choose to place in picture frames, it clones the layout of picture frames from existing pages to the new pages the necessary number of times. The pages remain fully and independently editable after autoflow.

Using autoflow

Autoflow is initiated by selecting two or more items on the Place panel and then interacting with the document view. The interaction you choose determines autoflow's behavior and results:

1 Picture frames on the starting page that are lower in the layer stack than the one clicked are ignored. To populate all empty picture frames on the starting page, ensure you click the one that is bottom-most in the layer stack.

Place Tool To place multiple pieces of content using autoflow:
  1. Do one of the following:
    • Select the Place Tool.
    • From the File menu, select Place.
  2. On the pop-up dialog, navigate to and select the file(s) you wish to place, then click Open. (Hold the or to select adjacent or non-adjacent files, respectively.)

    The Place panel will appear, displaying the items you selected.

  3. (Optional) If autoflowing pages from documents, on each document's entry on the panel, do one of the following:
    • From the pop-up menu, select the individual page/spread you wish to place.
    • Click the filename to reveal entries for all the document's pages.
  4. To select items for autoflow, do one of the following:
    • Press +A to select all items.
    • Press or to select an adjacent or a non-adjacent subset, of items, respectively.
  5. To autoflow the selected items, do one of the following:
    • Click to place each item at its default displayed size.
    • Drag on the page to set the position and maximum size of placed items.
    • Click on a picture frame to use as autoflow's starting point.
    The items are placed according to autoflow's defined behaviors, then removed from the panel1.
  6. If the panel contains no more items, it will close automatically. Otherwise:
    • repeat from step 3 to place additional items.
    • press the to cancel further placement and close the panel.

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