In a flowing layout, content normally runs continuously. A "break before" rule lets you interrupt that flow on purpose — forcing something to start at the top of a new…
The primary text frame is the channel your content flows through. It's the InDesign frame that catches the flowing blocks and, when it fills up, hands off to the next…
A layout block is the repeating unit of a flowing layout — a labelled element you build in InDesign that gets placed into the flow and filled with data.
Layout styles are how your merged documents stay consistent and on-brand. Rather than format each value by hand, you lean on InDesign's styles and apply them through your merge.
Autolink is the shortcut that does most of your mapping for you. Instead of connecting every placeholder to a field by hand, you let DataMergeStudio match them in one step.
Resilient mapping is what keeps your setup working when things change. Rename a column, restyle the layout, swap in next month's data — and your connections hold instead of falling…
