1 00:00:06,810 --> 00:00:07,440 Hi, there. 2 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:14,640 In this video, you'll learn about master pages before you add graphics and text frames to a document, 3 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:19,950 you may want to set up the master pages, which serve as templates for your document pages. 4 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:27,100 Any object that you add to a master page automatically appears on the document pages to which the master 5 00:00:27,100 --> 00:00:28,540 page has been applied. 6 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:31,790 I have the Pages panel here. 7 00:00:32,270 --> 00:00:39,920 If you can't see yours, go to a window and then pages the shortcut to show it is command F12 on a Mac 8 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:42,320 or control F12 on a PC. 9 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:50,370 By default, the top floor of the Pages panel is assigned to master pages and the bottom to the pages 10 00:00:50,370 --> 00:00:51,240 of the document. 11 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:57,570 And of course, we can always switch this something you learned earlier when we discussed the Pages 12 00:00:57,570 --> 00:00:57,990 panel. 13 00:00:58,590 --> 00:01:03,300 When you create a new document, by default, you'll find two master pages here. 14 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:10,380 One is a master which is automatically assigned to all the pages of the document, and the other one 15 00:01:10,380 --> 00:01:11,070 is none. 16 00:01:11,790 --> 00:01:14,670 I'll show you how none Master Page helps in some time. 17 00:01:14,910 --> 00:01:17,100 Let's expand this panel for a better view. 18 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:25,340 You can see all of the pages have A.I.M. applied to them, denoted by the letter a assigned on each 19 00:01:25,340 --> 00:01:25,820 page. 20 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:30,380 Let's go to our a.m. and make a circle using the Ellipse tool. 21 00:01:30,770 --> 00:01:32,600 Let's also color it pink. 22 00:01:33,530 --> 00:01:39,560 And you can see all of pages automatically got this setting all style copied from a master. 23 00:01:40,530 --> 00:01:45,290 Actually, let's rock this ellipse down because it is hidden behind the letter A. At this point. 24 00:01:45,980 --> 00:01:49,310 Now you should have a clearer view of the circle on each page. 25 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:54,310 Now, suppose we don't want Page one and two to have this setting. 26 00:01:54,410 --> 00:01:57,850 In fact, we don't want them to have any settings whatsoever. 27 00:01:57,920 --> 00:01:59,120 So what are we going to do? 28 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:02,780 Is holding command on a Mac or control on a PC? 29 00:02:02,810 --> 00:02:08,720 We're going to select these two pages by clicking them and then right click and go to apply master to 30 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:09,320 Pages. 31 00:02:09,770 --> 00:02:13,610 In the pop up, you'll find the pages are selected already. 32 00:02:13,940 --> 00:02:19,850 All we need to do is from the apply master dropdown, change it to none and hit OK. 33 00:02:20,300 --> 00:02:24,290 And you shall find that the circle has vanished from all the pages. 34 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:28,130 There's another way you can apply a particular master to a page. 35 00:02:28,550 --> 00:02:33,950 Let's undo the last action with Command Z on a macro control z on APC. 36 00:02:34,640 --> 00:02:41,810 Now click Hold and drag the nun master to Page one, and it shall be applied to it and do the same thing 37 00:02:41,810 --> 00:02:43,160 with Page two as well. 38 00:02:43,610 --> 00:02:48,290 This is the easiest way you can apply a master to any page of your choice. 39 00:02:49,420 --> 00:02:56,200 Let's add a text box on page one and fill some place, hold the text to it when I drag this text box 40 00:02:56,200 --> 00:03:03,190 on top of the circle, the circle is behind the text because this circle is a master page element and 41 00:03:03,190 --> 00:03:09,820 by default, master page elements are always behind the page elements to have the circle on top of the 42 00:03:09,820 --> 00:03:10,630 text box. 43 00:03:10,930 --> 00:03:16,750 Let's double click the A.I.M. as it's in a master element and then go to the last panel. 44 00:03:17,290 --> 00:03:22,900 Click the Small Plus button at the bottom of the last panel and rename it Master A. 45 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:29,140 Now click the small white arrow of layer one and you shall find the circle sitting under it. 46 00:03:29,710 --> 00:03:35,110 To select the circle, click the small square on the right and it shall be highlighted. 47 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:38,530 Now click Hold and drag it to the master. 48 00:03:38,530 --> 00:03:40,330 Alia NHL move. 49 00:03:40,870 --> 00:03:47,080 When you click the master ealier now you shall find the circle sitting there, while layer one has nothing 50 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:47,860 under it now. 51 00:03:49,090 --> 00:03:55,960 Let's go to our page one and drag the text box over the circle, and you shall find it behind the circle 52 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:56,590 this time. 53 00:03:56,600 --> 00:04:01,660 So this is how you can make the monster page elements appear on top of the page elements. 54 00:04:02,380 --> 00:04:04,120 Let us delete our text box now. 55 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:08,170 What if I want my alternate pages to have different settings? 56 00:04:08,530 --> 00:04:15,010 For example, my page two, four, six, eight and 10 to have completely different settings. 57 00:04:15,010 --> 00:04:15,940 So what should I do? 58 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:20,410 Let's create another monster to create a new monster. 59 00:04:20,410 --> 00:04:23,710 Right click anywhere on the monster section of the Pages panel. 60 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:27,750 Select the new monster option in the pop menu. 61 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:33,610 The prefix will automatically be set to be, although you can change it should you want to. 62 00:04:33,970 --> 00:04:35,440 I'd rather keep it as it is. 63 00:04:35,980 --> 00:04:42,100 You even have the option of basing it on a monster or any other monster, and this is a good option, 64 00:04:42,100 --> 00:04:48,820 particularly when you want some of your pages to have all the elements of A.I.M. and some added elements 65 00:04:48,820 --> 00:04:49,930 from B.M.. 66 00:04:50,350 --> 00:04:53,830 But since we don't intend to do that, let's keep it none. 67 00:04:54,550 --> 00:05:00,430 Let's change the page size to A5 and orientation to landscape and hit OK. 68 00:05:01,330 --> 00:05:05,650 Let me remind you that at this point, we have just created a fresh monster page. 69 00:05:05,980 --> 00:05:08,880 We haven't really applied it to any of our pages. 70 00:05:09,370 --> 00:05:16,390 So holding command on a Mac or control on a PC, let let's select pages two, four, six, eight and 71 00:05:16,390 --> 00:05:22,620 10, and then right click and select Apply Monster to pages and the pop up. 72 00:05:22,630 --> 00:05:29,740 You can find all of us selected pages, so just go to apply master dropdown and select B.M. and hit 73 00:05:29,740 --> 00:05:30,310 OK. 74 00:05:30,910 --> 00:05:36,910 The moment you hit OK, you'll get a warning stating that the page sizes are different, and at this 75 00:05:36,910 --> 00:05:42,160 point we do have the option to retain the current page size and apply the rest of the settings of the 76 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:42,970 new master. 77 00:05:43,330 --> 00:05:44,590 But we're not going to do that. 78 00:05:44,950 --> 00:05:51,610 So let's check apply to all options so that it applies to all the selected pages and then click Use 79 00:05:51,610 --> 00:05:58,420 Monster Page Size option and you shall find our alternate pages are of different size now, so that's 80 00:05:58,420 --> 00:06:02,680 how you create a new monster with completely different settings at all. 81 00:06:03,430 --> 00:06:07,660 Let's go to Page one and let's try to move the circle that we see here. 82 00:06:08,170 --> 00:06:10,420 You shall find that you're not able to move it. 83 00:06:10,690 --> 00:06:12,490 It doesn't even get selected. 84 00:06:13,060 --> 00:06:14,890 It's because it's a monster element. 85 00:06:15,220 --> 00:06:22,180 When we go to a monster and then try to move it, it moves freely to override a monster element. 86 00:06:22,210 --> 00:06:29,530 All you need to do is hold shift command on a Mac or shift control on a PC, and then click and the 87 00:06:29,530 --> 00:06:30,940 elements will get selected. 88 00:06:31,450 --> 00:06:34,780 Let's go back to a monster and move the circle to the right. 89 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:42,010 You shall find that the circle has moved on every document E.M. has been applied to, except the first 90 00:06:42,010 --> 00:06:45,790 page since we have overridden the monster element on that page. 91 00:06:46,150 --> 00:06:49,570 Let's change the color of the circle on page one to Dark Blue. 92 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:55,000 Now let's go to our A.I.M. and change the color of the circle to light blue. 93 00:06:55,510 --> 00:07:00,520 You'll find our page one still remains disconnected and is not copying the settings of a. 94 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:08,830 So to bring it back to track and follow the settings or elements of A.I.M., right click the page one 95 00:07:08,830 --> 00:07:12,430 thumbnail and select Apply Monster to Pages and hate. 96 00:07:12,430 --> 00:07:19,600 OK, so we are reapplying the settings of A.I.M. to Page one now, and you could see it's back on track. 97 00:07:20,230 --> 00:07:24,370 Applying a monster to multiple pages at the same time is also possible. 98 00:07:24,370 --> 00:07:30,580 And for that, right click anywhere on the monster section of the Pages panel and select Apply Monster 99 00:07:30,580 --> 00:07:31,510 to Pages. 100 00:07:32,110 --> 00:07:37,450 Here, let's select B.M. and we're going to apply it to the first five pages. 101 00:07:37,750 --> 00:07:43,120 So let's enter one and then a dash and five, and he's OK. 102 00:07:43,630 --> 00:07:49,000 And since there is going to be a page size clash, InDesign will give you a warning much like earlier. 103 00:07:49,330 --> 00:07:54,130 So check apply to all option and hit use monster page size option. 104 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:58,870 And you can see the first five pages now have B.M. applied to them? 105 00:07:59,500 --> 00:08:07,030 Let's have the last five pages on a.m., so right click and select Apply Monster to pages and then ensure 106 00:08:07,030 --> 00:08:08,020 it's a monster. 107 00:08:08,020 --> 00:08:13,780 You're applying and select six and then a dash and 10 and hit OK. 108 00:08:14,780 --> 00:08:21,230 In the warning pop up check, apply to all and then head to use monster paid size and the last five 109 00:08:21,230 --> 00:08:24,220 pages will have a monster obliged to them. 110 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:30,200 Lastly, you can even import master settings from other in design documents. 111 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:35,240 So let's go to file and the new and select document. 112 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:39,850 Let's select a letter sized document and hit Create. 113 00:08:40,990 --> 00:08:47,090 That's right, click the A.I.M. and then select master options for a master from here. 114 00:08:47,110 --> 00:08:55,030 Let's change the prefix to C since we already have A and B and also change the number of pages to one 115 00:08:55,030 --> 00:09:01,810 because we don't really need to see master pages and then hit a K now right click and select New Master 116 00:09:01,810 --> 00:09:11,050 and add a D. M. Now and change the number of pages to one and hit a K with C. M. Selected Let's add 117 00:09:11,050 --> 00:09:13,480 a text box and fill it with some place. 118 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:14,290 Hold the text. 119 00:09:16,250 --> 00:09:21,830 And then with D.M. selected, let's add a polygon shape here and fill it with some color. 120 00:09:22,670 --> 00:09:25,880 Now let's save the document with demo as the file name. 121 00:09:26,690 --> 00:09:28,640 Let's go to our original document. 122 00:09:29,510 --> 00:09:36,530 Click the burger menu on the top right of the Pages panel and go to monster pages and then select load 123 00:09:37,010 --> 00:09:37,640 pages. 124 00:09:38,330 --> 00:09:41,240 Load the document that we just saved and hit open. 125 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:45,080 And you can find, see and monsters sitting here. 126 00:09:45,710 --> 00:09:51,860 Click the Sea Monster and drag it to one of the pages here and hit use monster page size from the warning 127 00:09:51,860 --> 00:09:52,400 pop up. 128 00:09:52,970 --> 00:09:57,050 And you should be able to see the monster page being applied on the thumbnail view. 129 00:09:57,560 --> 00:10:03,290 Similarly, drag the monster to one of the pages and the monster shall be applied as well. 130 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:10,610 To verify, go to those two pages and you shall find the content of sea and monsters respectively. 131 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:18,110 So monster pages are really important and can save your time and headache to a very large extent, said 132 00:10:18,110 --> 00:10:19,640 do use them extensively. 133 00:10:20,750 --> 00:10:25,850 All right, guys, that concludes our session, and I'll see you in the next one pretty soon. 134 00:10:26,330 --> 00:10:26,930 Goodbye.