Create masters, Create a master from scratch, Base one master on another – Adobe InDesign CS4 User Manual
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Override or detach master items
Create masters
By default, any document you create has a master page. You can create additional masters from scratch or from an
existing master page or document page. After you apply master pages to other pages, any changes made to the source
master carry forward to the masters and document pages that are based on it. With careful planning, this provides an
easy way to make layout changes to multiple pages across your document.
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Create a master from scratch
1 Choose New Master in the Pages panel menu.
2 Specify the following options, and click OK:
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For Prefix, type a prefix that identifies the applied master for each page in the Pages panel. You can type as many
as four characters.
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For Name, type a name for the master spread.
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For Based On Master, choose an existing master spread on which you’ll base this master spread, or choose None.
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For Number Of Pages, type a value for the number of pages you want in the master spread (as many as ten).
Create a master from an existing page or spread
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Drag an entire spread from the Pages section of the Pages panel to the Masters section.
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Select a spread in the Pages panel and choose Save As Master from the Pages panel menu.
Any objects on the original page or spread become part of the new master. If the original page used a master, the new
master is based on the original page’s master.
Creating a new master spread based on another page or spread
Base one master on another
You can create a master variation that is based on and updates with another master (called the parent master) within
the same document. The master spreads based on the parent master are called child masters. For example, if your
document has ten chapters that use master spreads that vary only slightly, base all of them on a master spread that
contains the layout and objects common to all ten. This way, a change to the basic design requires editing just the
parent master instead of editing all ten separately. Vary the formatting on your child masters. You can override parent
master items on a child master to create variations on a master, just as you can override master items on document
pages. This is a powerful way to keep a consistent yet varied design up to date.
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Updated 18 June 2009