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                <br clear="both" /><div id="minitoc"><div class="t"><div class="b"><div class="l"><div class="r"><div class="bl"><div class="br"><div class="tl"><div class="tr"><div><h3>Contents [<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMiniToc('minitoc-links', this);" class="hideLink">Hide</a>]</h3><ul id="minitoc-links"><li><p><a href="#WSB11C675F-EB69-4964-B587-F9F7A8276633a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Create a master from scratch</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-7100a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Create a master from an existing page or spread</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-70ffa"><h4 class="topictitle4">Base one master on another</h4>
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</a></p></li></ul></div></div><br clear="both" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="both" /><div><div class="section"><p>By
default, any document you create has a master page. You can create additional
masters from scratch or from an existing master page or spread.
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.</p>
<p>For
a video on working with master pages, see <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/vid0069" target="_blank">www.adobe.com/go/vid0069</a>.</p>
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<div id="WSB11C675F-EB69-4964-B587-F9F7A8276633a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSB11C675F-EB69-4964-B587-F9F7A8276633a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Create a master from scratch</h3><div><ol><li><span>Choose New Master in the Pages panel
menu.</span></li>
<li><span>Specify the following options, and click&#160;OK:</span><ul><li><p>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.</p>
</li>
<li><p>For Name, type a name for the master spread.</p>
</li>
<li><p>For Based On Master, choose an existing master spread
on which you’ll base this master spread, or choose None.</p>
</li>
<li><p>For Number Of Pages, type a value for the number
of pages you want in the master spread (as many as ten). </p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-7100a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-7100a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Create a master from an existing page or spread</h3><div><ul><li><span>Drag an entire spread from
the Pages section of the Pages panel to the Masters section. </span></li>
<li><span>Select a spread in the Pages panel and choose Save As
Master from the Pages panel menu.</span></li>
</ul>
<div class="section"><p>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.</p>
<div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="ty_29" src="images/ty_29.png" /><div class="figdesc">Creating a new master spread based on another page or spread</div><br /></div></div>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-70ffa" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-70ffa"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Base one master on another</h3><div><div class="section"><p>You can create a master variation that is
based on and updates with another master (called the <dfn class="term">parent
master</dfn>) within the same document. The master spreads based
on the parent master are called <dfn class="term">child masters</dfn>. 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. </p>
<div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="ty_30" src="images/ty_30.png" /><div class="figdesc">Original parent and child masters (left); when the parent
master is modified, the child masters are automatically updated
(right)</div><br /></div></div>
<div class="p"><span><img src="images/dingbat.png" />&#160;To base one master on another, in the Masters
section of the Pages panel, do either of the following:</span><ul><li><p>Select a master spread, and choose Master
Options for <var class="varname">[master spread name]</var> in the Pages
panel menu. For Based On Master, choose a different master, and click&#160;OK.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Select the name of the master spread you want to
use as the base and drag it onto the name of another master to apply&#160;it.</p>
<div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="ty_31" src="images/ty_31.png" /><div class="figdesc">B-Master based on A-Master</div><br /></div></li>
</ul>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-70faa" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-70faa"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Edit the layout of a master</h3><div><div class="section"><p>You can edit the layout of master pages at any
time; changes you make are automatically reflected on all pages
with that master applied. For example, any text or graphic you add
to a master will appear on document pages to which the master is
applied.</p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>When you override or detach a master page object
on a particular page, that object may not update to reflect changes
made on the master page.</div>
</div>
<ol><li><span>In the Pages panel, double-click the icon for
the master you want to edit, or select the master page from the
text box list at the bottom of the document window. The master spread
appears in the document window.</span></li>
<li><span>Make changes to the master.</span></li>
</ol>
<div class="section"><p>InDesign automatically updates any pages using that master.</p>
<div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />Use multiple views to see the results of master
edits. Choose Window&#160;&gt; Arrange&#160;&gt; New Window,
and then choose Window&#160;&gt; Arrange&#160;&gt; Tile
Horizontally or Tile Vertically. Set one view to a page and the
other view to the master applied to that page. Then edit the master
and watch the page update.</div></div>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-70fba" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-70fba"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Change master page options</h3><div><div class="section"><p>You can edit master page options to change
the name or prefix of the master, base the master on another master,
or change the number of pages in the master spread.</p>
</div>
<ol><li><span>In
the Pages panel, click the name of a master spread to select&#160;the
master spread.</span></li>
<li><span>Choose Master Options For <dfn class="term">[master name]</dfn> in
the Pages panel menu.</span></li>
<li><span>Change any option, and then click OK.</span></li>
</ol>
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