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USING INDESIGN CS4

Layout

Pages and spreads

About pages and spreads

When you select the Facing Pages option in the File

> Document Setup dialog box, document pages are arranged in

spreads. A spread is a set of pages viewed together, such as the two pages visible whenever you open a book or
magazine. Every InDesign spread includes its own pasteboard, which is an area outside a page where you can store
objects that aren’t yet positioned on a page. Each spread’s pasteboard provides space to accommodate objects that
bleed, or extend past the edge of a page.

Pages panel

A. Page icons B. Page with master “A” applied C. Selected spread

In a long document, you can move to a page quickly by choosing Layout > Go To Page.

Change the page and spread display

The Pages panel provides information about and

control over pages, spreads, and masters (pages or spreads that

automatically format other pages or spreads). By default, the Pages panel displays thumbnail representations of each
page’s content.

1 If the Pages panel isn’t visible, choose Window

> Pages.

2 Choose Panel Options in the Pages panel menu.

3 In the Icons section, specify which icons appear next to the page thumbnails in the Pages panel. These icons indicate

whether transparency or page transitions have been added to a spread, and whether the spread view is rotated.

4 In the Pages and Masters sections:

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Select an icon size for pages and masters.

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Select Show Vertically to display spreads in one vertical column. Deselect this option to allow spreads to be
displayed side-by-side.

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Select Show Thumbnails to display thumbnail representations of the content of each page or master. (This option
is not available if certain options are selected for Icon Size.)

5 In the Panel Layout section, select Pages On Top to display the page icon section above the master icon section, or

select Masters On Top to display the master icon section above the page icon section.

6 Choose an option in the Resize menu to control how the sections are displayed when you resize the panel:

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To resize both the Pages and Masters sections of the panel, choose Proportional.

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To maintain the size of the Pages section and resize only the Masters section, choose Pages Fixed.

Updated 18 June 2009