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kyriosity
kyriosity
Inspiring
April 3, 2018
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Page master items won't apply

  • April 3, 2018
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I'm working on an inherited book file created many years ago by someone who knew much less about how to use InDesign than I'm sure she eventually learned (how's that for being politic?). I've deleted all of her master pages and created new ones, but some of them simply won't apply. Any ideas what might cause that?

Thanks.

~Valerie

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    Correct answer jane-e

    Trying again with the screenshots...

    Here is master C (just the header with the title/chapter + page number):

    Here is master B (just the footer with the page number):

    This spread should have master C on the verso and master B on the recto. Neither header/footer is showing up.

    Masters are applying just fine in new docs.

    ~Valerie


    The first thing I am thinking is that the pages somehow have overrides and the overrides need to be removed to you can see the Master items.

    You can select items that are on the Master with Cmd+Shift+Click and then they can be deleted. This would cause them to not show, and that would be an override. (The can also be done from the Pages panel menu.)

    The overrides can be removed using the Pages panel menu and then you will once again see the items on the Master.

    Try this first, as it is the most likely and the easiest to fix.

    2 replies

    Bill Silbert
    Community Expert
    Bill SilbertCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    April 3, 2018

    If what you are talking about is applying new master items to existing pages try putting the new material on a layer that is above the layer of the current pages and then try applying the new masters.

      kyriosity
      kyriosityAuthor
      Inspiring
      April 3, 2018

      Thanks, Bill. I deleted all of the old masters, then created and applied new ones to all the pages. The headers and footers are not applying in many places.

      kyriosity
      kyriosityAuthor
      Inspiring
      April 3, 2018

      ["deleted all the old masters" sounds like a wiped out da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael. ]

      macpawel
      macpawel
      Participating Frequently
      April 3, 2018

      Maybe different size of these pages/masters?

      Or

      you have to prepare left and right master to use in document with facing pages. Check it

      pawel

      kyriosity
      kyriosityAuthor
      Inspiring
      April 3, 2018

      Thanks, Pawel. Page sizes match. All masters have correctly formatted facing pages. Headers and footers are what's not showing up.

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