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Working with master pages
Master pages are like templates for pages. If you want to use the same heading, footing,
background, page number positioning, and so forth on some of your pages, you can
create these things on a master page, and then just apply that master page to the layout
pages that need it. If you want to use a different set of page content on either side of
a spread, you can do that too. A single layout can have multiple master pages, so that
you can automatically format different parts of the same layout.
The topics below describe master pages in more detail.
Creating a master page
The best way to explain master pages is by example. In this example, we will create a
facing-page master page with an automatic text box, automatic page numbers in the
footer, and wide inside margins. To create such a master page:
1
Create a new facing-page layout with an automatic text box.
2
Choose Window > Page Layout. The Page Layout palette displays.
Page Layout palette
Note that there is already a default master page named A-Master A. You can tell that
this master page has been applied to the first page because of the A that displays on
the page icon in the bottom part of the palette.
3
You can create single-page master pages by dragging the Blank Single Page icon
into the master page area at the top of the palette. In facing-page documents, you can
also create facing-page master pages by dragging the Blank Facing Page icon into
the master page area. Drag Blank Facing Page . A new facing-page master page
named B-Master B displays in the palette.
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