How do I edit a footer?

Forum|Forum|4 years ago
May 30, 2021
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Simple question as a new user, but I can't find an answer. I need to edit one word in a footer that includes the page number. I've tried several times looking at layers, masters, etc. to no avail. I'm using InDesign version 16.2.1

How to

vladan saveljic

Inspiring

pity you have wasted time correcting everything in acrobat pro.

If you send us a page in Indesign we can give you a better solution

It may be useful to you for another time

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TSully1957Author

Participant

Yeah, it was a bit of a "time sensitive" proposal. I've been working on an InDesign class, but I was edited something I didn't create. Next time, I'll insist that I build the product, so at least I'll know what I did!

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TSully1957Author

Participant

Thank you all! I "punted" and just edited it in Adobe Acrobat Pro...one by one!

Barb Binder

Community Expert

Hi @TSully1957:

Footers are added to the master pages, and your screen shot shows that you are on a body page.

Use Window > Pages to open the Pages panel. The footer will likely be on the A-Master—double click the words A-Master and take a look. Is the footer visible? If so, you can edit it and then return to the body pages.

Note that master pages can be more complex—multiple masters and custom names, so if the footer isn't visible on the A-Master, double click the other master page names until you locate it, or just share a screen shot so that we can be more specific.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training