Can objects placed on a Parent Page's pasteboard appear on the Child Page?

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September 7, 2022
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I swear it used to be that you could place objects on a Parent Page's pasteboard and have those objects show on the pages assigned to that Parent? Am I losing it?

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Dave Creamer of IDEAS

Community Expert

I included this in an earlier post, but to make it a direct answer, extend the slug area out on the page edge. Objects in the slug area will appear on child pages.

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rob day

Community Expert

Hi @GM_Nashville , If you can include a slug, any page item that touches the parent page slug will show on the pages. In scripting if you try to get the page number of a page item that doesn’t touch the page it comes back as undefined.

Robert at ID-Tasker

Legend

ParentPage - yes - but Parent will be MasterSpread.

Peter Spier

Community Expert

I think Dave Saunders wrote a script years ago to move objects onto the pasteboard of additional pages.

Willi Adelberger

Community Expert

This was the way PageMaker did it.

In InDesign use the Library or CC Library or Snippets for that purpose.

GM_NashvilleAuthor

Participating Frequently

I did not state the reason for wanting pasteboard items to appear on a page, so I am not sure if your solution has anything to do with my needs. but thank you for the input.

BobLevine

Community Expert

It's kinda hard to remember but I think Pagemaker might have worked that way. Throw something on the pasteboard it was available on all pages. Please do not hold me to that. It's been at least 20 years since I use PM.