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January 13, 2020
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Can my master text frames keep their position from the master spread after a page reshuffle?

  • January 13, 2020
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Hello! I have master spreads in which my primary text frames are positioned closer to the inside edge of the page than to the outside edge, creating a broad margin outside the spread and a narrow margin in the gutter. When I insert new pages in the middle of my document, the pages reshuffle into new spreads—as I would like them to. However, the master text frames stay in their position from their original spread: therefore, if I insert an odd number of pages, the post-insertion spreads have their text frames close to the outside edges of the spread and distant from the gutter. In other words, the text frame of an obverse page is now positioned appropriately for a reverse page, and vice versa. Is there a way to prevent this from happening? That is: can I make sure that the master text frame of an obverse or reverse page has the same position as in the obverse or reverse page, respectively, of its associated master spread?

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Correct answer Dave Creamer of IDEAS

You can put it in your Creative Cloud folder and share the link.

The Primary Text Frame should be on the margins on the master page(s). That is what makes it work. 

(Margins should not include any header or footer area--just the live area on a page-by-page basis.)

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Dave Creamer of IDEAS
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Dave Creamer of IDEASCommunity Expert
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January 13, 2020

That shouldn't happen. Can you upload your document? You can remove all the graphics, leaving the frames, and replace the real text with placeholder text if necessary.

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)
ruths33983823
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January 13, 2020

I'd be happy to upload a document, but I can't figure out how on this forum! (Pointers?)

 

By poking around, I've discovered that this problem does not occur when the primary text frame exactly coincides with the document margins. (In my project, the primary text frame shares the area within the margins with various other objects.) Is that the appropriate way to handle this situation—by making sure one's primary text frame exactly coincides with one's document margin?

Dave Creamer of IDEAS
Community Expert
Dave Creamer of IDEASCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
January 13, 2020

You can put it in your Creative Cloud folder and share the link.

The Primary Text Frame should be on the margins on the master page(s). That is what makes it work. 

(Margins should not include any header or footer area--just the live area on a page-by-page basis.)

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)
ruths33983823
ruths33983823Author
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January 13, 2020

I realize I was sloppy with my language above: for all instances of "master text frame(s)" read "primary text frame(s)."

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