Copy or move a master to another document, Delete a master from a document, Override or detach master items – Adobe InDesign CS5 User Manual
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Copy or move a master to another document
1 Open the document you want to add the master to. Then open the document with the master you want to copy.
2 In the Pages panel of the source document, do either of the following:
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Click and drag the master spread to the destination document’s window to copy it.
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Select the master you want to move or copy. Choose Layout > Pages
> Move Master, and choose the destination
document name from the Move To menu. If you want to remove the page or pages from the source document,
select Delete Pages After Moving, and then click OK.
If the target document already has a master with the same prefix, the moved master is assigned the next available letter
in the alphabet.
Delete a master from a document
1 In the Pages panel, select one or more master page icons.
To select all unused master pages, choose Select Unused Masters in the Page panel menu.
2 Do one of the following:
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Drag a selected master page or spread icon to the Delete icon at the bottom of the panel.
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Click the Delete icon at the bottom of the panel.
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Choose Delete Master Spread [spread name] in the panel menu.
When you delete a master, the [None] master is applied to any document page to which the deleted master was applied.
Override or detach master items
When you apply a master page to a document page, all objects on the master, called master items, appear on the
document page. Sometimes you want a specific page to be only slightly different from a master. In this situation you
don’t need to re-create the master layout on the page or create a new master. You can override or detach the master
item, and other master items on the document page will continue to update with the master.
Note the difference between overriding and detaching master items on a document page:
Override master item attributes
Overriding a master item puts a copy of it on the document page without breaking its
association with the master page. Once the item itself is overridden, you can selectively override one or more attributes
of the item to customize it. For example, you can change the fill color of the local copy. After that, changes to the fill
color on the master page itself will not update to the local copy. However, other attributes, such as size, will continue
to update because they have not been overridden on the local copy. Overrides can be removed later to make the object
match the master.
Attributes you can override for a master page object include strokes, fills, contents of a frame, and any transformations
(such as rotating, scaling, shearing, or resizing), corner options, text frame options, lock state, transparency, and object
effects.
Detach items from their master
On a document page, you can detach (disassociate) a master item from its master. The
item must be overridden on the document page, creating a local copy, before you can detach it. A detached item does
not update with the master because its association with the master page is broken.
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