Indesign Headers & Footers

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January 26, 2021
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Hi, I have selected an Indesign template for an eBook. It has headers & footers in the template that I want to edit, but cannot find how to select the text. I have looked at a few tutorials but all they talk about is the master pages, as each header is different according to chapters, it's not a master page.

Please help!

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Correct answer John Mensinger

Possible reasons for your inability to select the text:

It is on a master page. Your conclusion that it's not because it varies chapter to chapter could just be a case of a separate master page dedicated to each chapter.
The text frame is locked.
The text frame is on a locked layer.
The text is a text variable. Variables, even if they are comprised of multiple words, behave as a single character. You can't edit it like live text.

Barb Binder

Community Expert

@Gianluca-73-Italy :

InDesign documents use master pages to hold the running head content. You will need to navigate to the master pages in the Pages panel to edit the left- and right-page running heads.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

Barb Binder

Community Expert

Which template are you using? A lot of them use Alternate Layouts to accomodate various paper sizes, which is confusing for a user who hasn't used them before. I wrote this up for one of my students who was struggling, which may be clarifiying for you.

https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-indesign-cant-edit-adobe-stock-cv-template/

But if you give us the exact number we can be very specific about what you need to do.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

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Gianluca-73-Italy

Participant

Hi, I also need to change the text at the top right, different for even pages and odd pages. It is a template. Thanks for any suggestions you can give me, and I apologize because I've only been trying to learn InDesign for a few days. Gianluca

John Mensinger

Correct answer

Community Expert

Possible reasons for your inability to select the text:

It is on a master page. Your conclusion that it's not because it varies chapter to chapter could just be a case of a separate master page dedicated to each chapter.
The text frame is locked.
The text frame is on a locked layer.
The text is a text variable. Variables, even if they are comprised of multiple words, behave as a single character. You can't edit it like live text.

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Gianluca-73-Italy

Participant

Hi, I also need to change the text at the top right, different for even pages and odd pages. It is a model. Thanks for any suggestions you can give me, and I apologize because I've only been trying to learn InDesign for a few days. Gianluca