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Moving the Master Page "in front" of all Graphics?

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Jul 23, 2009 Jul 23, 2009

How do I designate that the Master page floats above ALL graphics? All other graphics should be below!

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Advocate , Jul 23, 2009 Jul 23, 2009

Create a new layer and place all the elements on your master page in the topmost layer. Put everything else on the layer(s) below.

F7 brings up the layers panel.

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Jul 23, 2009 Jul 23, 2009

Create a new layer and place all the elements on your master page in the topmost layer. Put everything else on the layer(s) below.

F7 brings up the layers panel.

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Guest
Jul 23, 2009 Jul 23, 2009

Thanks FivePicaPica!

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New Here ,
Aug 09, 2017 Aug 09, 2017

Thanks, FivePicaPica!

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Community Beginner ,
Dec 07, 2017 Dec 07, 2017

So simple! Cheers.

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Community Expert ,
Jul 23, 2009 Jul 23, 2009

You can contol things very precisely using layers. Master objects are always behind any objects drawn or placed on the document page, ON THE SAME LAYER, but the layer stacking can bring bing some master items in front of live-page items and leave them behind other.

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New Here ,
May 14, 2019 May 14, 2019

I don't understand. Could you say more? Do you mean you need to override master page items on the live document pages, and then move those to a layer above other graphic elements?

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Community Expert ,
May 14, 2019 May 14, 2019

macneill  wrote

I don't understand. Could you say more? Do you mean you need to override master page items on the live document pages, and then move those to a layer above other graphic elements?

Absolutely not!

Add one or more layers on top of all layers and reserve them for objects on the master pages.

Go to your master spread and drag all objects to the added layers.

Regards,
Uwe

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New Here ,
May 15, 2019 May 15, 2019

Thanks Uwe. I guess my confusion started because in the layers panel it's page specific, that had confused me. Now I understand your technique. Very cool! I had for months thought "boy that's dumb you can only put Master Page elements at the back." Not so.

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New Here ,
May 31, 2015 May 31, 2015

Uhuu! Muito Obrigado! (Thanks!)

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Enthusiast ,
Aug 09, 2017 Aug 09, 2017

@Vic Ziolkowski - Please remember to mark FivePicaPica's answer as correct.

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Community Expert ,
Aug 09, 2017 Aug 09, 2017

I just marked FivePicaPica's answer as correct.

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Enthusiast ,
Aug 10, 2017 Aug 10, 2017

Thanks, Steve. I wasn't sure if we had a way to do that, if we were not the OP.

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Community Expert ,
Aug 10, 2017 Aug 10, 2017

Better late than  never, I suppose.

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Enthusiast ,
Aug 11, 2017 Aug 11, 2017

I like to keep things tidy, Bob. Hah! Actually, I didn't even notice the date. The problem comes from the "More Like This" link. I forget that it's really not a useful set of links...especially because they are often ancient threads. However, it's good to have it marked as correct because Google is still going to find this and it's good to know the solution worked. Most people won't notice the date, either. And also I learned who can and can't mark an answer correct. Haha!

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Community Expert ,
Aug 10, 2017 Aug 10, 2017

Moderators can mark answers as correct.

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New Here ,
Jul 17, 2023 Jul 17, 2023

i still dont understand how his works. It is not working for me. My master page items are not being seen as behind everything else

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Community Expert ,
Jul 17, 2023 Jul 17, 2023
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This discussion is six years old. Please start a new one with full details on your issue, version of InDesign, O/S and screenshots to show the problem.

This is for your own benefit.

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