#Page shuffle indesign update#

You can base one master page on another by picking a master page from the Based on Master pop-up menu in the New Master dialogīox. Take a look at the (somewhat overwrought) example in Figure 2-24 on the next page, and you’ll see what we mean. When the attributes between a “child” spread and its “parent” spread differ, those attributes are controlledīy the “child” spread. Here’s how inheritance works: When you change any of the attributes defined by the “parent” spread, those changes appear in (override) page elements on the pages of the “child” spread, just as you can from any document page (see “Overriding Master Items,” below). Once you’ve applied a master spread to another master spread, you can add to it or work with We refer to the relationship between the original style and the new style asĪ “parent/child” relationship. When you base a new master spread on an existing master spread, the new master inherits the properties of the existing master spread. Have InDesign’s ability to base a master spread on another master spread, you don’t. Do you have to create a new set of master spreads for each issue? Not when you The basicĭesign elements-the section, margins, columns, and page numbering-remain the same throughout the year, but the colors used,Īnd the page footers change with each issue. Imagine that you produce a catalog, and that, over the course of a year, you produce seasonal issues of the catalog. You a way to “synchronize” master spreads between documents without having to use the Book feature.

#Page shuffle indesign update#

If you re-import master spreads from the same document at a later date, InDesign will update the master spreads. You can display the New Master dialog box by holding down Command-Option/Ctrl-Alt while you click.

Hold down Command/Ctrl as you click the Add Page button at the bottom of the Pages panel.

To create a new master spread, use any of the following techniques: Because InDesign can flow text into the area defined by the margins (a feature QuarkXPress lacks), even master text frames In general, you should put items on master pages that you do not expect to override on document pages. If we need to store commonly-used, but not repeating, page items, we use InDesign Instances of those items is much tighter). Relationship to document pages than they do in QuarkXPress (in brief: the links between master page items and the overridden Using the master pageĪs a kind of alternative to the Clipboard just doesn’t work very well in InDesign, because master page items bear a different While you can use this approach in InDesign, it does not work the same way as it does in QuarkXPress. Each time you create a new document page, you click on the master page items to copy them

If you’re a long-time QuarkXPress user, you’re probably familiar with the technique of putting items on master pages to useĪs a “template” for document pages. Numbers, headers and footers, and background images, are all great candidates for master spread page items. You lay out master spreads using the same techniques you use to lay out document pages. Items cannot be edited on document pages unless you choose to override the items from the master pages (see “Overriding Master Items”). Page items on the master spread also appear on the document page, on the layers they occupy on the master spread. When you assignĪ master spread to a document page, InDesign applies the margin and column settings of the master spread to the page.

Master spreads (also called master pages) are the background on which you lay out your publication’s pages. Learn More Buy Working with Master Spreads