Abstract For the limitation of small redundancy and small amount of hiding information in text documents, especially in plain text documents, hiding information in plain text document is a difficult problem to solve. Most majority of the algorithms based on text document have been adopted the form of single text segment, of which the security is unpromising. This paper proposes an alternative multi-text information hiding algorithm, in which the carrier texts determine the way of hiding information. The hidden information would be embedded effectively according to the amount and the type of the carrier to be distributed into multiple text segments to be stored. Compared to other algorithms, the distributed storage of hidden information in the new algorithm could greatly increase the amount, secrecy and security of information hiding. Meanwhile, with higher flexibility, the algorithm could be deformed or adjusted, according to specific practical situation, in order to be better applied to the actual demand.