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Inspiring
July 15, 2022
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Master Page Template - using different colours on child pages

  • July 15, 2022
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Hello everyone.

I have an issue I could use some help on.

I have been provided a logo by a client, and it has a line of text in it that can be requested to be changed. The name text can change, and also the colour.

My question is:
Can I have this logo set up on a master page, so that when I change the text, it can update on multiple pages - with each page using a different colour?

It would make life 100x quicker, I could just type the new text in, and have the pages with a colour change effect, then export out.

Thanks for any help.

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Correct answer Aidan_C

This worked well thanks everyone!
- I also found another way with the content collector.
I linked all the text boxes across each page, and had character styles set up for them with different colours.
It took way longer to set up... But now means I can just type on page one and it changes across all spreads keeping the different colours.

Pros and Cons of both I guess! "Longer intial VS Longer post" Appreciate the help!


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Peter Kahrel
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 15, 2022

You can use a text variable for this. Apply character styles that set a colour to any instances of the text variable. When you change the variable's content all instances are updated and each instance keeps the colour applied by a character style.

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Aidan_CAuthor
Inspiring
July 15, 2022

Ah thats perfect thank you!

Do I have to re-define the variable each time I want the text to change? Or is there a way to just type into the variable from the main layout view?

Thanks

Peter Kahrel
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 15, 2022

You need to change the text in the Text Variable window.