Using InDesign Manual 2025

WORKING WITH PARENT (MASTER) PAGES Note: To do all exercises, the Walsworth Enhancements from Support Download must be installed on each workstation, and the Using InDesign Activities folder must be copied to your desktop from Support Download. Anything placed on a Parent Page will be repeated on all pages of the document. You need to make sure you want the element on every page, or be prepared to edit it on some pages. Practice working with page elements and Parent (Master) Pages. 1. Open a new spread by clicking the New Spread button on the Control Center. 2. At the Modify Page Range window, leave the starting page number at 2 . Click OK . 3. Select Four Color for each page and click Apply Color Information. 4. When prompted to save, click Cancel . 5. Attempt to change the folio text from the page level. Notice the text is not selectable from the page level. You must navigate to the A-Parent Page to modify the folio elements. 6. Open the Pages palette by going to Window > Pages . The upper half of the Pages palette contains Parent Page icons. InDesign allows for more than one Parent Page, and Parent Pages can be single or multiple pages. The pages in the document, which appear in the bottom portion of the Pages palette, display the prefix of the applied master. If no master is applied to the page, it will appear blank. 7. Double–click on A-Parent to navigate to the document’s Parent Page. 8. Use the Type tool to modify the folio copy. Enter the word Seniors in the left and right folio text. 9. Navigate back to the page level. Verify the folio copy has changed. 10. Click File > Save As > Folios.indd and save it the Using InDesign > Lesson 4 folder on your desktop.

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