How to Make Margin Notes Move with Page in InDesign

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September 12, 2024
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Thought for a minute I had discovered the secret to getting margin notes to move along with a page, but alas...

Is there a way to make this happen?

As important as a slug area may be, it's essentially useless (in my current use case) if notes need to stick with their content.

How to

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Mike Witherell

Community Expert

I put notes on the pasteboard but in a non-printing notes layer.

A textframe with a large left and right inset amount could touch a page edge but yet show no imaging nor text.

The left/right thing is a bit of a puzzler, tho. If the toward/away from spine anchoring thing won't do, then I cannot think of anything else.

Mike Witherell

Community Expert

If note textframes on the pasteboard overlap and touch the page edge, they will move with the page.

Mike Witherell

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turner111Author

Inspiring

Hi Mike - We already do that, but we'd like to be able to generate a PDF without having to manage visibility.
Also, if a page switches sides, the notes can end up in the middle of the document.

Abhishek Rao

Community Manager

Hi @turner111,

I completely understand how frustrating it can be when your slug items don’t move with the page. Unfortunately, items in the slug area are treated as static elements and aren’t linked to the content on the page. However, you might want to try the workaround:

Instead of using the slug area, create a text or object frame within the page content itself, and anchor it to your main text or content. This way, the margin notes will move along with the content as you make adjustments.

Let me know if this helps.

Best,
Abhishek Rao

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turner111Author

Inspiring

Thanks Abishek - we've explored these options, but for lots of simple notes and draggable reference content, it doesn't work out very well. Anchoring can be particularly cumbersome, and anchored objects in the margin don't seem to respect relative-to-spine positioning.