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Anonymous
Dec 9, 2009 8:51 PM UTC
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How to move pages from one InDesign file to another

Is there an easier way to insert pages from one InDesign file to another InDesign file, rather than copy and paste? Is there a script for this?

 

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    Peter Spier
    Peter SpierCorrect answer
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    Dec 9, 2009 8:56 PM UTC

    Open both files and use the "Move Pages" command from the Pages Panel menu in the source doc.

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    AndyDavy
    Participant
    Mar 12, 2026 4:54 PM UTC

    Great.  First time I tried this, InDesign crashed completely. Sigh.

     

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    leo.r
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    leo.rCommunity Expert
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    Mar 12, 2026 5:39 PM UTC

    This discussion is years old. If you do experience a specific issue you’d like to discuss, please start a new thread and include your InDesign and operating system version info, as well as the detailed description of the problem.

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    Eric309007702hh8
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    Jul 5, 2023 6:22 PM UTC

    [NDA information removed by moderator]

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      alanterra
      alanterra
      Inspiring
      Dec 7, 2020 1:41 AM UTC

      I had some problems if I wasn't moving a full spread (single pages + spreads), but when I moved full spreads it worked perfectly. I'm not sure how this deals with master pages with the same name, but I had identical master pages with the same name in source and destination and saw no issues.

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      JPEG.pt
      JPEG.pt
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      Nov 20, 2020 9:49 PM UTC

      Great! it works!!!!!!!! tksssssssssssssssss

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      darrene99210721
      darrene99210721
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      Jun 10, 2020 8:47 AM UTC

      Genius Peter - thank you. I'm older than the hills and it always gives me a buzz to learn something new!

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        tesselt95766602
        tesselt95766602
        Participant
        Jan 3, 2018 9:12 PM UTC

        It only shows up as a single page instead of a part of a spread?

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        LaubenderCommunity Expert
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        Jan 4, 2018 2:14 PM UTC

        Hi tesselt95766602 ,

        I would suggest that you show the result as screenshot.

        Use the forum's controls to add one.

        You might have Allow Page Shuffle unchecked in the Page Panel of your target document.

        Regards,
        Uwe

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        Peter Spier
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        Peter SpierCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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        Dec 9, 2009 8:56 PM UTC

        Open both files and use the "Move Pages" command from the Pages Panel menu in the source doc.

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          Anonymous
          Dec 9, 2009 9:30 PM UTC

          Thanks worked perfect! I've been using InDesign for a long time, but never really had to do this because

          only had to copy and paste maybe one page in the past, not a mulitple page document, until now.

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          Peter Spier
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          Peter SpierCommunity Expert
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          Dec 9, 2009 9:43 PM UTC

          You might also want to look at making a Book, which allows you to combine multiple documents "virtually" without having to move any pages at all.

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