stop parent page from reapplying text?

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I've got a picture book document with captions under each photo. On my master page i have the caption as dummy type and i replace it with the correct text on each page in the document. My problem is that if I add a page somewhere in the middle, and the pages reshuffle, InDesign re-applies the master page caption with the dummy text, so I get both the master page version, and the version i updated. Of course I can go through and repair all the pages, which is what I've been going. But how can i stop it from re-applying a text element on a master page to an already updated page? Is there a setting for that? Or do I just need a different strategy if I'm going to be doing a lot of page shuffling as I work through this project? (like not have the captions be on the master page, for instance)
thanks!

kurt

supineNY · Accepted Answer

i see, thanks! Yeah i guess i'll be adding a lot of single pages flipping lefts to rights. I guess I'll just put my captions in a library and slide them onto each page so they're not master items.

Barb Binder · Answer

Hi @supineNY:

What I'm picturing is that you have set up a double sided document, and you have set up the placeholder frames on the left and right parent pages. As you override the captions on the body pages, you can enter in the new content. However, if you add a single page, you are shifting the subsequent pages from left to right, and that's causing the issue. The overrides are honored (so the new content is there) and InDesign is applying the now-correct parent (left or right), so you get both.

Adding 2-page spreads instead of single pages will take care this, otherwise yes, we want to look at a different workflow.

~Barb

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