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Difficulties with pages and templates in InDesign

Forum|Forum|4 years ago
March 2, 2022
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Hi there,

I have some difficulties with pages and templates.
When I change my document from spread to single pages InDesign overwrites the pages to left pages. I can't overwrite my templates anymore. It's very disturbing, because it always was easy to do.
Someone can please help me?

Kr, Cinda.

How to

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Peter Spier

Community Expert

When you change the document setup from Facing pages to Non-facing (single pages) InDesign uses only the first page of any Parent/Master page spread unless you actually create a multi-page spread within the document.

cindar81668757Author

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Hi Peter,

Yes, that's the answer I was looking for.
But, since when is this? I can't remember ever had this kind of difficulties with InDesign.
You could easily made it facing or non-facing pages.
The parent applied to the even and odd numbers according to the parentpages, both sides.

Now I have to make different parents for the even and odd pages after the document was ready in spread, but gives difficulties in PDF (images which are covering a spread can't be a single PDF due to bleeds)
Hopefully you understand my English well enough to explain the situation.

Kind Regards, Cinda.

Dave Creamer of IDEAS

Community Expert

Why not create single-page parent pages* and apply them before you convert your document.

*For example, one for the left and one for the right pages--or just one single-page parent for all pages.

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)

L

Laubender

Community Expert

Hi Kr, Cinda,

could you be more specific?

What I take from your post: You had a facing-pages document and converted it to a non-facing-pages one.

And something went wrong with your parent pages.

Do new parent pages with the appropriate contents.

Remove the superfluent pages in your parent pages spreads.

Then apply the parent pages to your document pages.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

cindar81668757Author

Participant

Hi Uwe,

Many thanks for your reply. Please read along with the reply of Peter Spier.
Yes, I converted a facing-pages document to non-facing pages document.
Only the left side masters were used on the document. On even and odd numbers.

Kind Regards, Cinda.

Willi Adelberger

Community Expert

Why do you have text frames on the parent page?

Why so many columns?

If you change from facing to single pages, delete the spread pages you do not intend to use.

Are layers locked?

cindar81668757Author

Participant

Hi Will, Many thanks for your reply to my question.
Please be kind to read along with Peter Spier.
I received a document with facing-pages. When I made it non-facing pages (single pages) the master pages of the right side weren't used on the even number pages in the document.

Kr, Cinda.

Willi Adelberger

Community Expert

Delete the left parent pages.

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