Swap text and images on the spread

Thinking about this more, I would probably NOT swap the pages, but instead select the elements you want to move on the left page, move them to the pasteboard, then select the elements on the right and shift them over to the left page, and finally move the elements from the pasteboard onto the right page.

You’ll still have quit a bit of adjusting to do.

Actually, I believe you DO want to allow page shuffling, and simply drag one page to the opposite side and they should swap, but your background and and crossover images are going to shift (unless the background happens to be on a Parent Page), so you will need to reposition them, as well and any of the red elements you want to bleed. Also, unless your red shapes are ragged on both ends, you’ll probably need to re-draw them.

Hi Stefanie,

The fastest way is in the Pages panel:

1. Open the Pages panel menu and turn off Allow Document Pages to Shuffle and Allow Selected Spread to Shuffle — otherwise InDesign keeps each page on its own left/right side of the spread.

2. Then drag the left page thumbnail to the right side of the spread (or use Layout > Pages > Move Pages and swap the two page numbers). The content moves with the pages, so the two pages trade places.

One thing to check afterwards: if your document uses different left/right parent (master) pages or mirrored margins, make sure the swapped pages are still using the intended parent page.

Adobe's guide to moving pages: https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/desktop/create-and-organize-pages/arrange-and-order-pages/move-pages.html

Hope that helps!