For use with Adobe® InDesign® 2026 and 2027
TextStitch PL threads and unthreads InDesign text frames: automatically, or one click per frame. It is especially handy after Data Merge: thread all the merged records into a single story in one go.
What it does
All commands are in the API → Text Stitch menu. They appear once a document is open.
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Auto Stitch threads all unthreaded text frames in a logical order: roughly left to right, top to bottom, page by page. Frames that are already threaded are left alone.
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Begin Quick Stitch lets you click text frames in the order you want them threaded. Selected frames turn black while you work. End Quick Stitch threads them; Abort Quick Stitch leaves everything unchanged.
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Auto Unstitch breaks all text threads on the current spread or in the whole document. Auto Unstitch Selected Story does the same for just the selected story. Careful: it also removes threads you made by hand.
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Split Story After Selected Frame breaks a story in two after the selected frame.
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Configure… chooses current spread or whole document, whether to stitch frames that already contain text, and whether to insert frame breaks so each frame’s text stays locked in its own frame.
What’s new in 1.1.0
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Support for Adobe® InDesign® 2026 and later.
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Installs from PluginInstaller: no more copying files by hand.
Installing
TextStitch PL needs APID ToolAssistant PL, a free helper plug-in.
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Download, install and start PluginInstaller (plugininstaller.com). You can skip the account registration screen.
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Use PluginInstaller to install APID ToolAssistant PL.
If you install TextStitch first, PluginInstaller warns that it won’t work until APID ToolAssistant PL is installed too.
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Find TextStitch PL in the catalog. For example: type ‘Stitch’ into the search box. Click Install.
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Restart InDesign and open a document. The API → Text Stitch menu appears.
No account is needed. TextStitch PL is free; if it saves you time, a donation
