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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="#WS7C357BB4-B5BB-48aa-B9F2-CDAC94D92462a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Move pages using Move Pages command</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSB044C2AC-E01A-42b7-AB92-1FA945FE09FBa"><h4 class="topictitle4">Move pages by dragging</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-7116a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Duplicate a page or spread</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-7115a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Remove a page from a spread while keeping it in the document</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-7114a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Delete a page or spread from the document</h4>
</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>You
can use the Pages panel to freely arrange, duplicate, and recombine
pages and spreads. Keep the following guidelines in mind when adding,
arranging, duplicating, or removing pages within a document:</p>
<ul><li><p>InDesign preserves the threads between text frames.</p>
</li>
<li><p>InDesign redistributes pages according to&#160;how the
Allow Document Pages To Shuffle command is set.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Objects that span multiple pages stay with the page on which
they cover the most area.</p>
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<div id="WS7C357BB4-B5BB-48aa-B9F2-CDAC94D92462a" class="nochunk"><a name="WS7C357BB4-B5BB-48aa-B9F2-CDAC94D92462a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Move pages using Move Pages command</h3><div><ol><li><span>Choose Layout&#160;&gt; Pages&#160;&gt;
Move Pages, or choose Move Pages from the Pages panel menu.</span></li>
<li><span>Specify the page or pages you want to move.</span></li>
<li><span>For Destination, choose where you want to move the pages,
and specify a page if necessary. Click OK.</span></li>
</ol>
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<div id="WSB044C2AC-E01A-42b7-AB92-1FA945FE09FBa" class="nochunk"><a name="WSB044C2AC-E01A-42b7-AB92-1FA945FE09FBa"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Move pages by dragging</h3><div><div class="p"><span><img src="images/dingbat.png" />&#160;As you drag, the vertical bar indicates
where the page will appear when you drop it. If the black rectangle
or bar touches a spread when Allow Pages to Shuffle is turned off,
the page you’re dragging will extend that spread; otherwise, document
pages will be redistributed to match the Facing Pages setting in
the File&#160;&gt; Document Setup dialog box.</span> <p>In the Pages panel, drag a page icon to a new position
within the document.</p>
<div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="ty_20" src="images/ty_20.png" /><div class="figdesc">Moving a page’s position using the Pages panel</div><br /></div></div>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-7116a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-7116a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Duplicate a page or spread</h3><div><div class="p"><span><img src="images/dingbat.png" />&#160;In the Pages panel, do one of the following:</span><ul><li><p>Drag the page range numbers under a spread
to the New Page button. The new spread appears at the end of the
document.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Select a page or spread, and then choose Duplicate
Page or Duplicate Spread in the Pages panel menu. The new page or
spread appears at the end of the document.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac&#160;OS)
as you drag the page icon or page range numbers under a spread to
a new location.</p>
</li>
</ul>
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<div class="section"><div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>Duplicating a page or spread also duplicates all objects
on the page or spread. Text threads from the duplicated spread to
other spreads are broken, but all text threads within the duplicated
spread remain intact—as do all text threads on the original spread.</div>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-7115a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-7115a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Remove a page from a spread while keeping it in the document</h3><div><ol><li><span>Select the spread and deselect Allow
Selected Spread To Shuffle in the Pages panel menu.</span></li>
<li><span>In the Pages panel, drag a page out of the spread until
the vertical bar is not touching any other pages.</span></li>
</ol>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-7114a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-7114a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Delete a page or spread from the document</h3><div><div class="p"><span><img src="images/dingbat.png" />&#160;Do
one of the following:</span><ul><li><p>In the Pages panel, drag one or more page
icons or page-range numbers to the Delete icon.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Select one or more page icons in the Pages panel,
and click the Delete icon.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Select one or more page icons in the Pages panel,
and then choose Delete Page(s) or Delete Spread(s) in the Pages
panel menu.</p>
</li>
</ul>
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