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add 4 pages

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Dec 16, 2022 Dec 16, 2022

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add 4 pages before the current document

apply master pages for added pages and page number option as lower roman

 

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Community Expert , Dec 16, 2022 Dec 16, 2022

Give this a shot. Change "A-Parent" to whatever the name of the parent you want to apply is. Of course, all the documents you have open need to have that named parent spread. 

var docs = app.documents;
var n = docs.length;
var doc, i, master;
while(n--) {
    doc = docs[n];
    i = 4;
    master = doc.masterSpreads.itemByName("A-Parent");
    while(i--) {
        doc.pages.add(LocationOptions.BEFORE, doc.pages[0], {appliedMaster: master});
    }
    doc.sections.add(doc.pages[0], {pageNumberStyl
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Dec 16, 2022 Dec 16, 2022

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You can apply different MasterSpread to the newly added pages - simply by Drag&Drop. 

 

https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/indesign/using/master-pages.html

 

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Layout > Pages > Insert Pages

Select the first of these inserted pages, and then click the Pages panel menu button > Numbering and Section Options ... where you can choose lower case roman numerals.

Mike Witherell

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can have a script for the above request, need to change more than 100 documents.

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Give this a shot. Change "A-Parent" to whatever the name of the parent you want to apply is. Of course, all the documents you have open need to have that named parent spread. 

var docs = app.documents;
var n = docs.length;
var doc, i, master;
while(n--) {
    doc = docs[n];
    i = 4;
    master = doc.masterSpreads.itemByName("A-Parent");
    while(i--) {
        doc.pages.add(LocationOptions.BEFORE, doc.pages[0], {appliedMaster: master});
    }
    doc.sections.add(doc.pages[0], {pageNumberStyle: PageNumberStyle.LOWER_ROMAN});
}

 

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Thanks a Lot.

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