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chuzz72
chuzz72
Inspiring
July 20, 2017
Question

Can I view zoomed out InDesign documents as a grid?

  • July 20, 2017
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When I zoom out of a 40pp Indesign document the view on screen is one long column. What I'd like to see is all the pages grouped (in order) horizontally and vertically in a grid pattern as oppose to one long column.

Is Indesign capable of such a view? I think this could be a real asset to have.

What I view on my monitor when zoomed out…

How I want to view my document…

Any help or a solution would be great.

Thanks in advance.

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    Geоrge
    Geоrge
    Legend
    July 21, 2017

    What's up?

    See my screenshot:

    Just do "new window":

    P.S. Yes, you need to arrange "by hands" pages and do equal scaling in the windows, but this is not so big problem. IMHO

    Remember, never say you can't do something in InDesign, it's always just a question of finding the right workaround to get the job done. © David Blatner
      sharp_hands16B8
      Community Expert
      sharp_hands16B8Community Expert
      Community Expert
      July 20, 2017

      Sort of like a "Slide Sorter" in a presentation application? Is that what you're going for? When I have had ID files that I need to rearrange, or duplicate plages, throughout I end up doing in Acrobat PDF after words. It's easier to look at the pages tray on the side. Drag it out, and now I see it like a Slide Sorter view which I can then rearrange, copy and paste, etc...

        chuzz72
        chuzz72Author
        Inspiring
        July 21, 2017

        Hi Mark,

        Thanks for your reply. Not just a page order configuration –  "I'd need to be able to edit select/copy/cut/paste/delete throughout the document…" Not the pages but individual elements on the pages.

        TᴀW
        TᴀW
        Legend
        July 20, 2017

        You can get quite close: Open the pages panel as wide as it will go. Set the view to '"horizontal" (View Pages > Horizontally), and the thumbnail size to "Jumbo" (Panel Options > Pages size). You don't see the pasteboard this way though, but you do see the pages.

        Ariel

        PS If you save this as a custom workspace, you can quickly switch to this "plan" view and back...

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          chuzz72
          chuzz72Author
          Inspiring
          July 20, 2017

          Hi Ariel,

          Thanks for your idea, I can see what you mean…

          Unfortunately it doesn't quite solve why I need the grid view. I'd need to be able to edit select/copy/cut/paste/delete throughout the document and the Pages panel is just a preview.

          Cheers

          Martin

            TᴀW
            TᴀW
            Legend
            July 20, 2017

            Right -- the only thing you could do this way is to rearrange pages...

            The only other idea I have is to open several windows (Arrange > New Window), and then choose one of the tiling options, so you can have multiple views of your document open simultaneously...

            Ariel

            PS Is Chuzz short for Chuzzlewit by any chance? :-)

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