Ideally, you should not modify master page items outside of their normal habitat, which is to say, outside of the master page. (This would not be the case had we chosen to deselect the facing pages attribute when we first created the new document.) Hence, anything we draw on the left page will only show up on even pages, and anything we draw on the right will appear on odd ones. If you look closely you will find that master page 'A' is made up of two pages, a left and a right one. That said, it might seem curious that the magenta rectangle only appears on even numbered pages.

What happens? The object has magically appeared on pages 2 and 4. Fill it with 100% magenta by selecting it with the Selection tool and changing its fill color chip in the Swatches panel or the Control panel. Use the Rectangle tool to draw a square in the middle of the left page. In theory, anything you draw on this master will be projected on any document page where this master is applied. You can corroborate this by observing the A prefix on the thumbnails of the added pages.ĭouble-click 'A-Master' in the Pages panel to navigate to this master. What master page is applied to the new pages you added? Since we only have one default master page called A-Master, it is safe to conclude that this is the master applied. Select File > Document Setup and change the number of pages to four. This is InDesign's way of telling us that the A-Master page has been applied to page 1 of your document. Also note that the page 1 thumbnail is marked on the top right with a small capital A. In this example, you have a master called A-Master and a above that. On the ground floor, you have your regular document pages, and on the top floor you will see your master pages. We can compare this panel to a two-story building. Create a new one-page document and open the Pages panel to see this action firsthand. As a matter of fact, any time you create a new document (using the default settings), InDesign will include a default master page. Rather than create each one from scratch, you could place them on a master page and forget about them.Ĭreating master pages in InDesign is quite straightforward. For instance, even a data sheet or a flyer contain objects that repeat from one file to the next. Although this feature is tailor made for multi-page documents, it can also be used on a single page layout. (Image credit: ziniophile)Īs a rule of thumb, any repeating objects in a publication should be placed on a master page. I've circled some of the elements-folios, headers, bylines-in this interesting spread from National Geographic that were most likely master page objects. In the end, you’ll have all the necessary knowledge to begin learning about interactive documents.Įven spreads with special, custom designs benefit from master pages.

But as they say, you need to crawl before you can walk, and therefore in this lecture you’ll learn the core skills related to document management, using master pages to take control of your layouts, and finally, you’ll add to your ninjutsu the art of advanced text formatting. To this end, you’ll be happy to know that InDesign is built with the tools you need to accomplish some pretty amazing things when it comes to digital distribution.

Print is not dead, but it is no longer the only game in town.Īs a creative professional, I guarantee that you will be asked to design for print and digital. Designers now must think about communicating ideas for many output channels. Fast forward to today, and you will find that the definition has been slowly expanding.

Graphic designers were, by default, print designers. It used to be that editorial and graphic designers only needed to worry about one medium: print. In this lecture, you'll learn about InDesign's tools for managing documents for both print and digital outputs.

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