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David__D
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July 15, 2014
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Is there an easy way to swap the order of body pages?

  • July 15, 2014
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I have a document which is just two sides of A3 with a bunch of custom text frames all over them (the sort of thing that is probably easier to do in InDesign, to be honest, but...)

I've realised that I'd prefer "page 2" to be "page 1" (i.e swap the order they appear in) - is there a way to do this in Frame? (other than by manually adding a page 3, copying and pasting everything off page 1 onto it, then deleting page 1)

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    Correct answer Arnis Gubins

    Not really. You could try cut & paste in a MIF version, but it's probably just easy (and safer) to do it in FM as you indicated.

    Alternatively, if the content is ok and it's just the page order that's the issue, then it's a lot easier to drag&drop PDF pages in Acrobat when in the Thumbnail view.

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    Arnis Gubins
    Arnis GubinsCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    July 15, 2014

    Not really. You could try cut & paste in a MIF version, but it's probably just easy (and safer) to do it in FM as you indicated.

    Alternatively, if the content is ok and it's just the page order that's the issue, then it's a lot easier to drag&drop PDF pages in Acrobat when in the Thumbnail view.

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    David__DAuthor
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    July 15, 2014

    Thanks Arnis.

    Yes, I already did swap the pages in Acrobat (although DOH! didn't realise you could drag and drop in the thumbnail pane! I did 'Extract and Delete Page' then 'Insert Page') - even that was quick and easy, but of course needs to be redone if the doc is edited and regenerated.

    I have difficulty cutting and pasting the content on the body pages in Frame - I have so many text frames and illustrations in there and I can't seem to get them all grouped/selected and cut-and-pasted at once.

    Arnis Gubins
    Arnis Gubins
    Inspiring
    July 15, 2014

    Try this:

    1. Click anywhere on a page outside of a text or graphic frame, i.e. the page background.
    2. Ctrl + a to select everything on the page.
    3. Ctrl + c to copy it all.
    4. Ctrl + v to paste them all.
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