How to rearrange the "Page Size" List in Adobe InDesign

[MickyWeirNSU]

Hi everyone!

I always use custom page sizes in my InDesign projects. They are handy for having multiple page sizes in a single document.

The use case for this is where I will be creating different layouts of the same design such as:

Print: A0, A2
Digital: Landscape Screen
Social Media: Instagram Story, Instagram Square, Instagram Portrait
SUMS: Website Banner, Page Banner, Page Tile

The issue I have is that the list I have created is in a random order. I would like to be able to rearrange it. As it is slowing down my workflow trying to find the page size I want from a hudge list of custom page sizes. Yes I could delete them and start again but I really don't want to do this.

I've attached a screen shot to show what I'm talking about.

Thanks in advance!

Micky 🙂

[Steve Werner]

What you have created are called Document Presets. You should be able to view your Document Presets in File > Document Presets > Define.

In that dialog box, you should be able to edit the names of the presets:

You could preced the names with a pair of numbers in numberic order. I believe that should let you control the order.

[MickyWeirNSU]

No, they are not document presets. They are "Custom Page Sizes." and I want to rearrange them. not rename them.

[Colin Flashman]

If they are custom page sizes, you'd need to navigate to the file New Page Sizes.xml - I've an article that explains how to get there here: https://colecandoo.com/2019/08/18/document-presets-vs-new-page-sizes-xml-adding-page-sizes/

From here, you need a text editor that can edit the XML and you would have to sort the page sizes manually.