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All pages based on this master page will contain an automatic text box. Text
inserted into this box will automatically flow from page to page.
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
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