There are conflicts doing this with existing data, non master page, it will not work, but once in a new document, worked great. The error we were making was using an existing document, not as master page, and trying to do this. Had we done this at creation of the original document as a master page and layout, this would have worked in the existing document. You will need to resize the original text box as the data flows, and each subsequent linked text box until all boxes contain all the data merged. Then click on the text box thread link, and proceed to link the boxes together, stepping from box 1 to 2, 2 to 3, 3 to 4, and so forth as the data will then flow through the original text box until full, then flow to the next matching text box. Once the document is created with the merged data, it places the information individual text boxes on the page, matching the original text box size and format. Using data merge, merging a CSV file format, a new and original document blank, with no other data or pages, creating one single text box, then going through the standard data merge process using the multiple records process, (can use single record, but takes much longer and lots of pages), omitting blank fields, and formatting the text to our style, Well, took some time, but we are pleased to say that after much conversations with Adobe INDD support and much research, trial and error, that we have successfully found the solution to our original question and problem. Without importing the excel file and manually formatting it, the only other way that this could be accomplished with Adobe InDesign off-the-shelf would be if this was an XML import, but that has nothing to do with Data Merge. Watch this video to see how Ozalto's inlinemerge script was used: Using Indesign for catalogs with inline merge - YouTube What I think is more likely is that either Ozalto's script (here's the link again: Downloads | Ozalto ) or a plug-in was used. the file with the field codes that can be toggled on/off) there's no way to conclude that your finished file was indeed created with Data Merge that was strictly off-the-shelf with Adobe InDesign. Thank you for supplying the screenshot of the finished file, but without seeing the "base" file (i.e. There have only been a few innovations in Data Merge in the entire lifespan of InDesign such as QR Codes, using UTF-16 text and some minor behind-the-scenes bug fixes. I 100% stand by my statement in my first post that Data Merge feature can't data merge multiple records into the one text frame like you describe in your opening post.
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