InDesign - Page size doesn't match document set-up

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July 25, 2018
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How is this possible and why?

This is a tri-fold - the panels are 4.25 x 11 - but when I open page setup - the page size shows as 4.25 x 11.

And - the orientation shows portrait - not horizontal

Why doesn't it match the actual page size shown?

Note:

I didn't create the template ... when I do create a tri-fold from scratch - I set the overall page size and use columns and gutters.

Note: When I change the overall page size in page set up to be 14 x 11 - nothing changes.

Correct answer Barb Binder

Hi ibaguru:

You can see from your screenshot that the master pages match the document setup dimensions. Your screenshot confirms what Bob and Bill figured out: that the designer used the page tool to resize body pages 1 and 2.

~Barb

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ibaguruAuthor

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BarbBinder - here's the pages tool screenshot.

and the pages layout

Barb Binder

Correct answer

Community Expert

Hi ibaguru:

You can see from your screenshot that the master pages match the document setup dimensions. Your screenshot confirms what Bob and Bill figured out: that the designer used the page tool to resize body pages 1 and 2.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

Barb Binder

Community Expert

I agree with Bob and Bill. I keystroked it and couldn't make it happen—until I tried the Page tool.

Now, do you need to reset it or did you just want to know what was going on? If you do need/want to reset it, select the Page tool, and restore the dimensions to 4.25 x 11 via the Control Panel. Then return to Document Setup and type in the desired page size.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

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BarbBinder,

Mainly I wanted to know what was going on as I didn't create the 'template'

All of you appear to be correct - I never use the page tool so I wasn't familiar with it..

Now I need to google "Page Tool Indesign"

Thank you everyone...

Bill Silbert

Community Expert

It looks to me like the page size for the document pages has been changed using the Page Tool (that's the one right below the selection tool [black arrow]). Click on the page using the page tool and you should see its actual size in the Control Panel. As you say the correct way to set the page size is through the Document Set-Up but I have seen it done using the Page Tool before—usually by inexperienced users.