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Expert: - 9/28/2011


Question
Hi!

Can I create master pages for applying to a book?  If all the chapters are documents and added into a book can I intentionally or accidently override the original masterpage items?

Thank you.
Cici

Answer
Hi,
Click on the flyout menu in the Book palette and choose Synchronise Options .... There you will see a checkbox for Master Pages, which is usually not selected by default. If you want to synch the master pages, first make sure that the appropriate document is selected as the Style Source by clicking in the checkbox next to that document in the Book palette. Then select the documents that you want to synchronise, and choose Synchronise Selected Documents from the flyout menu.

You can also load master pages into an individual document:
Go to the Master Pages
Click on the flyout menu
Choose Load Master Pages

Always make sure that you have a backup of your documents before doing this, as it is sometimes a bit flakey!

HTH

Pat

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Pat Bensky

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My specialty is database publishing: using InDesign to produce publications such as catalogues, directories, price lists, classified ads etc. - anything that's based on data from a database or spreadsheet.

Experience

I have been working with page layout programs since the very first first of QuarkXPress back in .... 1987? I've worked with InDesign since it first came out and have helped many clients to create their publications using database publishing methods, and have written an application to streamline the process (CatBase).

Publications
As I used to be a journalist working for an international news agency (in a previous lifetime) I have been published in many publications around the world. As for technology writing: I was Editor-in-Chief of a Mscintosh magazine (MacGuide) and have written for various other publications on a freelance basis, such as The LA Weekly and InfoWorld.

Education/Credentials
College: Certificate in computer programming and information Processing University: Post-graduate diploma in IT (Liverpool University)

Past/Present Clients
Barclays Bank, Stanley Tools, Europa Components, The American Chamber of Commerce to the EU (AmCham), and many others. My software (CatBase) has also been used by design firms to produce publications for such clients as Kellogg's, The English Tourist Board. and numerous others.

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