Issues with Indesign CC 2019

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Before this version was it possible to change the lay out quickly with style sheets…

Example - I had a Style sheet A - with 4 colums and a style sheet B with 3 columns.

When in Lay out menu - you could choose marges and columns then you had to select 'adjust lay out - lay out aanpassen'

then when your text lay out was done in a 3 colomns style sheet - you could change to 4 colomns… the colomns changed then to another width in the same height position.

Unfortanatly this feature doesn't work anymore… is there a solution?

maxwithdax · Accepted Answer

Hi Dax,I saw into your video. Thank you!To add pages automatically you have to enable some preferences with InDesign.Preferences > Type > Smart Text ReflowWhat are your settings with that?Another question:Did you try to add a second master B where you changed margins and columns and applied master B to some pages?Thanks,UweUwe,yes. Smart Text Reflow is set.Limit to Primary Text Frame is also checked but not really thinking it matters for this example.If you want to make more master pages, simply "Duplicate" A-Master rather than create a new set.I was able to apply B-Master to the pages and then change the page margins for B-Master as well and the document adjusted.-Dax

maxwithdax · Answer

After doing some tests, this is what I have found.

Yes. You can adjust the columns but they need to be setup as Master Text frames first. If you create text frames after the fact by dragging them onto a page then you cannot auto-adjust them later.

1. Create New Document and make sure to check Primary Text Frame and set the initial number of columns. Once you do this the document and master pages will be created.

2. Open your Master Page and change the columns and you will see that all your pages will update with the new number of columns across your document.

3. You can tell a Master Frame from a normal frame by the icon shown here.

You should be all set. I know that doesn't help for documents already created with manual frames, but starting new documents this way will give you the flexibility you are looking for.

- Dax

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