Automatic multi-page spread adjustment

[James Gifford—NitroPress]

I thought there was a setting that allowed, for example, a three-page spread to automatically adjust if a middle page was adjusted in width.

That is, typical 3-page book cover layout, adjust spine width using Page tool, RH/front cover page automatically snaps to new position.

Can't seem to find the right combination of spread settings for this...

[Barb Binder]

Is this what you are looking for, James?

~Barb

[James Gifford—NitroPress]

Yes, but I'm not getting that automatic snap-together. Same settings I see in the Control Bar, and I either get a change with no snap, or a snap back to the starting width. I'm missing something here., and it's not meretricious.

[Barb Binder]

meretricious

That belatedly registered. 😂😂😂

~Barb

[Barb Binder]

Are you holding the Alt/Opt key while dragging the sizing handle with the Page tool?

~Barb

[James Gifford—NitroPress]

That lets me resize without snap-back but does not maintain the snap-together.

This is bats. I've done three-page layouts many times and never lost that "sticky" adjustment.

[rob day]

Hi James, I find it easiest to use the Transform panel—select the center page with the Pages tool, and set the Transform panel Width—but as @Barb Binder suggests holding down the Option/Alt key should work when you drag a handle:

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[rob day · Accepted solution]

That lets me resize without snap-back but does not maintain the snap-together.

Also, did you double-check your Document Setup to make sure Facing Pages is checked?

[James Gifford—NitroPress]

Yes, I just crawled in here, slug-like, to add a note that none of the above works unless you have Facing Pages checked, which was the very, very last thing I found after adjusting every setting, trashing my prefs, etc.

Which, on some level, I knew from a prior discussion.

It's the heatwave. Yeah, that's it.

May this signpost in the desert do someone else some good some day. 😛

Thanks, all.

(But hey — there's a really nice 3-page cover template on my website, now.)

[Barb Binder]

Windows, right?

• InDesign version #?
• Liquid Page Rule setting?
• And are you holding Alt while dragging?
• Have you reset prefs lately?

~Barb