Master Text Editable for Name Cards

Hi, have you tried Data merge for this?

You could just pour the names into a document prepared with a lot of thought.

Here I picked a page size and margin to contain the names. Just the names should appear in the margins. Note that I turned on Primary text frame (Edit: this is probably irrelevant).

I added the text below the names on a master page. I assume this will not change. Note that it is not within the margins.

I defined a paragraph style for the names and made it the default format. To do that I select that style in the Paragraph Styles panel with nothing selected.

Finally I placed the text file with names. I put each name, first and last, on its own line, like this:

Paul
McCartney
George
Harrison
John
Lennon
Richard
Starkey
Keith
Moon
John
Bonham
Pete
Townsend

Finally I placed the text file, holding Shift so that pages are added as needed.

You don't have to do any copy/pasting.

Any Parent Page item can be made editable on any new page by simply clicking on it whilke holding Shift-Command/Ctrl.

Hi @default3j3i997e3njk ,

Thanks for reaching out. In addition to the suggestions shared above, I found this tutorial on how to make name cards using InDesign which you can refer to https://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/create-your-own-party-place-cards-using-adobe-indesign--cms-22709 

Feel free to reach out if you have any other questions or issues.

Regards

Rishabh

Never put text placeholder on the master page. It is enough to work with Styles, Paragraph and Character Styles for text formation with Object Style which will include the text styles.

There are many methods to import text files with automatic text styling.

Mail merge seems to be what you're looking for.