Resizing document, text frame doesn't change accordingly

[Vraja Devi Dasi]

Hey guys!

I did a layout for a book, and now I want to make a smaller edition.

I changed the document size in Document setup and also I changed the margins, I also updated the master page's text frames and margins.

The result I got was that everything was the right size except for the text frame that was left in the same size as the previous edition.

My question is:

1. Is there a command to fix all the text frames to fit the master page text frame?

2. If not, is there a way to control or find and change all text frames to specific size and position?

Thanks to those who take the time to answer:)

[Srishti Bali]

Hi Vraja,

We are sorry that you ran into this issue. This issue has been reported by multiple users and our engineering team is already looking into it. I would request if you can share your feedback and upvote this issue here: Text margins don't change when master pages are applied – Adobe InDesign Feedback. This is the best way of communicating with the Engineering and Product Management teams regarding issues and suggestions so they can be implemented in future releases.

Regards,

Srishti

[Vraja Devi Dasi]

Hey Sirshti, thanks, I voted as you said, but then I noticed that it reffers to InDesign 2019 version, and I work with CS6, it said there that there used to be an option Enable Layout Adjustment, where is it?

[Laubender]

With InDesign CS6 you'll find Layout Adjustment under:

Layout > Liquid Layout

The one and only flyout menu from that panel.

From my German InDesign CS6 on Windows 10:

Regards,
Uwe

[Vraja Devi Dasi]

Uwe thank you! But, what do I do from there?

How do I apply this function to all the text frames that are out of the master? I chose the option Controlled by Master but nothing happens, except that the text frame itself becomes thicker...

[Laubender]

Are all text frames aligned to guides?

If they are not, they should. Add guides perhaps. Or change margins. Whatever is necessary.

After that enable Layout Adjustment and work on changing page size or margins or number of columns.

Without seeing your layout it's hard to suggest something…

Regards,
Uwe

[Vraja Devi Dasi]

Hey Uwe!

I'm adding two screenshots, the first one is the original layout,

the second one that same layout that I changed it's the size in Document Setup and in Margins and Colums:

The second thing is that I have extra text frames in each page, empty ones, I guess they were created automatically when I used the text flow...

[Laubender · Accepted solution]

Hi,

let's see into this. CS6 is open. I made a dummy layout with one A-Master spread like that:

Layout Adjustment (Layoutanpassung) is turned on. All settings by default.

Note the sparse use of guides on the master. Two text frames holding the page numbering. The top horizontal guide is positioned on the top edge of the two text frames. The margins of both pages are set for holding the text frames on the document pages.

Let's take a view on the document pages and the document page setup that is showing the size of every page in the document.

In my case 138 x 208 mm.

Now I change that page size in the Page Setup to 105 x 178 mm:

After hitting OK ( there is no preview ) the size of the text frames and their position has changed like that:

Regards,
Uwe

[Vraja Devi Dasi]

It worked!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I enabled the layout adjustment and then changed in Document Setup the size, Great! thanks!!

[Laubender]

Best set the new values for margins on your master. To do that select both master pages.

This would be a second step after changing the page size through the Document Setup.

Note, that Layout Adjustment still should be turned on when doing this.

Regards,
Uwe

[Laubender]

https://forums.adobe.com/people/Vraja+Devi+Dasi  wrote

It worked!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I enabled the layout adjustment and then changed in Document Setup the size, Great! thanks!!

Great!

Don't forget to turn off Layout Adjustment when all is done 🙂

Regards,
Uwe