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Davis_XI
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December 5, 2016
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Duplicating layers

  • December 5, 2016
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Trying to duplicate a layer in Indesign. I have a UK text layer which we need to Americanise. Is there a way of duplicating the layer without re-importing the master page items?

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    Correct answer winterm

    Just right-click on the layer's name in Layers panel, select 'Duplicate Layer'. Master page items on the same layer will be also duplicated.

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    winterm
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    Legend
    December 5, 2016

    Just right-click on the layer's name in Layers panel, select 'Duplicate Layer'. Master page items on the same layer will be also duplicated.

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    Davis_XIAuthor
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    December 5, 2016

    Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately the problem is that i don't want to re-import the items on the master page. In the past the designer has deleted items on the page that are on the master page. Now when i duplicate the layer the old items now appear again. The way i've been getting around it is to create a new layer and drag/copy the items to the new layer.

    winterm
    winterm
    Legend
    December 5, 2016

    well, some dirty workaround then: maybe it would be easier to move master page items to temporary layer, than duplicate your layer, than move master items back to original layer?

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