text flow based on different master pages and 2 other (easier) questions
Hello everyone! I have 3 totally unrelated questions about InDesign, the last one beeing really tricky for a newcomer such as myself, that I was hoping someone could help me out with:
NUMBER 1:
-The "correct" / standard way to apply a paragraph style to large amounts of text flowing through multiple text frames on different pages is to select the whole thing with the Type Tool (ctrl + a / click 5 times) and than apply it? I still strugle to accept the fact that I can't do this with the selection tool.
NUMBER 2:
-Once I have text already placed flowing through multiple text frames on different pages, can I somehow change the "text frame options" (say I want it to change from 1 column to 2) of all of them at once? And should I do this?
NUMBER 3:
-Let's say I'm working on a book and that I've made a master page (MASTER A) with single cloumn empty text frame that I then applyed to my first page. I proceed to place the unformated text I had in a .docx (edit>place>shift click) file in the frame in the first page and naturally indesign creates as much pages as are needed. Wonderful! Now here is the thing:
I also have a second type of master page layout (MASTER B, this one with a 2 column empty text frame) that I would also like to use here and there in my book. For example, my first 5 pages would be based on MASTER A, and the next one on MASTER B, and the next ones back to MASTER A again, etc. Is there a way to change some of my pages from based on MASTER A to MASTER B while keeping the the text flowing continually through all of them?
I am aware that I could edit each page individualy by overriding the MASTER A page layout (instead of using a MASTER B), or I could break my text file into multiple smaller ones and then do several "edit>place" instances, but neither of these options is exacly pratical if I have to this numerous times through the document. How should I approach this?
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