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Data merge with Facing Pages

  • March 18, 2025
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How do I create a merged document magazine-style, facing pages… and Data Merge? I've done dozens of tests, and it's always duplicating the parents, instead of alternating them 😞

Correct answer Colin Flashman

I wrote an article some time ago about this on my blog, the title is Facing Page Data Merge – it IS Possible

 

https://colecandoo.com/2011/10/06/facing-page-data-merge-it-is-possible/

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Colin Flashman
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March 19, 2025

I wrote an article some time ago about this on my blog, the title is Facing Page Data Merge – it IS Possible

 

https://colecandoo.com/2011/10/06/facing-page-data-merge-it-is-possible/

If the answer wasn't in my post, perhaps it might be on my blog at colecandoo!
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    white_4501Author
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    March 19, 2025

    Thanks, Colin! I actually read your article yesterday, and that solution worked – two different single masters, turned to facing pages after merged. And I was happy with that, problem solved and all.
    BUT… After that, I started the process all over again, and it didn´t work again… It's always using only one of the masters on all pages, instead of alternating them. I'll try again today, after a night's sleep.

    Anyway, this process also rises other problems… Creating a new document from scratch, all settings like layout margins and baseline grid are lost. So this is not perfect, and Adobe should have solved it a long time ago.
    (I even tried to download your files)

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    white_4501Author
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    March 19, 2025

    Got it 🙂 Thanks, let's now see what I'm doing wrong…


    Oh man 😞
    OK, your files were really helpfull, and now I know I'm not doing anything "wrong".

    The problem seems to be that my needs are not supported by the Indd features…

    I need a spread with two different layouts/margins side by side, like yours; BUT the records are the same for both pages. Like this, see? Because I must have a few hundred sheets, one on each page, side by side. That's why on all my tests, it's allways duplicating the records, instead of alternating them.

    Is this impossible?

     

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