Hi, there.
In this video, you'll learn about master pages before you add graphics and text frames to a document,
you may want to set up the master pages, which serve as templates for your document pages.
Any object that you add to a master page automatically appears on the document pages to which the master
page has been applied.
I have the Pages panel here.
If you can't see yours, go to a window and then pages the shortcut to show it is command F12 on a Mac
or control F12 on a PC.
By default, the top floor of the Pages panel is assigned to master pages and the bottom to the pages
of the document.
And of course, we can always switch this something you learned earlier when we discussed the Pages
panel.
When you create a new document, by default, you'll find two master pages here.
One is a master which is automatically assigned to all the pages of the document, and the other one
is none.
I'll show you how none Master Page helps in some time.
Let's expand this panel for a better view.
You can see all of the pages have A.I.M. applied to them, denoted by the letter a assigned on each
page.
Let's go to our a.m. and make a circle using the Ellipse tool.
Let's also color it pink.
And you can see all of pages automatically got this setting all style copied from a master.
Actually, let's rock this ellipse down because it is hidden behind the letter A. At this point.
Now you should have a clearer view of the circle on each page.
Now, suppose we don't want Page one and two to have this setting.
In fact, we don't want them to have any settings whatsoever.
So what are we going to do?
Is holding command on a Mac or control on a PC?
We're going to select these two pages by clicking them and then right click and go to apply master to
Pages.
In the pop up, you'll find the pages are selected already.
All we need to do is from the apply master dropdown, change it to none and hit OK.
And you shall find that the circle has vanished from all the pages.
There's another way you can apply a particular master to a page.
Let's undo the last action with Command Z on a macro control z on APC.
Now click Hold and drag the nun master to Page one, and it shall be applied to it and do the same thing
with Page two as well.
This is the easiest way you can apply a master to any page of your choice.
Let's add a text box on page one and fill some place, hold the text to it when I drag this text box
on top of the circle, the circle is behind the text because this circle is a master page element and
by default, master page elements are always behind the page elements to have the circle on top of the
text box.
Let's double click the A.I.M. as it's in a master element and then go to the last panel.
Click the Small Plus button at the bottom of the last panel and rename it Master A.
Now click the small white arrow of layer one and you shall find the circle sitting under it.
To select the circle, click the small square on the right and it shall be highlighted.
Now click Hold and drag it to the master.
Alia NHL move.
When you click the master ealier now you shall find the circle sitting there, while layer one has nothing
under it now.
Let's go to our page one and drag the text box over the circle, and you shall find it behind the circle
this time.
So this is how you can make the monster page elements appear on top of the page elements.
Let us delete our text box now.
What if I want my alternate pages to have different settings?
For example, my page two, four, six, eight and 10 to have completely different settings.
So what should I do?
Let's create another monster to create a new monster.
Right click anywhere on the monster section of the Pages panel.
Select the new monster option in the pop menu.
The prefix will automatically be set to be, although you can change it should you want to.
I'd rather keep it as it is.
You even have the option of basing it on a monster or any other monster, and this is a good option,
particularly when you want some of your pages to have all the elements of A.I.M. and some added elements
from B.M..
But since we don't intend to do that, let's keep it none.
Let's change the page size to A5 and orientation to landscape and hit OK.
Let me remind you that at this point, we have just created a fresh monster page.
We haven't really applied it to any of our pages.
So holding command on a Mac or control on a PC, let let's select pages two, four, six, eight and
10, and then right click and select Apply Monster to pages and the pop up.
You can find all of us selected pages, so just go to apply master dropdown and select B.M. and hit
OK.
The moment you hit OK, you'll get a warning stating that the page sizes are different, and at this
point we do have the option to retain the current page size and apply the rest of the settings of the
new master.
But we're not going to do that.
So let's check apply to all options so that it applies to all the selected pages and then click Use
Monster Page Size option and you shall find our alternate pages are of different size now, so that's
how you create a new monster with completely different settings at all.
Let's go to Page one and let's try to move the circle that we see here.
You shall find that you're not able to move it.
It doesn't even get selected.
It's because it's a monster element.
When we go to a monster and then try to move it, it moves freely to override a monster element.
All you need to do is hold shift command on a Mac or shift control on a PC, and then click and the
elements will get selected.
Let's go back to a monster and move the circle to the right.
You shall find that the circle has moved on every document E.M. has been applied to, except the first
page since we have overridden the monster element on that page.
Let's change the color of the circle on page one to Dark Blue.
Now let's go to our A.I.M. and change the color of the circle to light blue.
You'll find our page one still remains disconnected and is not copying the settings of a.
So to bring it back to track and follow the settings or elements of A.I.M., right click the page one
thumbnail and select Apply Monster to Pages and hate.
OK, so we are reapplying the settings of A.I.M. to Page one now, and you could see it's back on track.
Applying a monster to multiple pages at the same time is also possible.
And for that, right click anywhere on the monster section of the Pages panel and select Apply Monster
to Pages.
Here, let's select B.M. and we're going to apply it to the first five pages.
So let's enter one and then a dash and five, and he's OK.
And since there is going to be a page size clash, InDesign will give you a warning much like earlier.
So check apply to all option and hit use monster page size option.
And you can see the first five pages now have B.M. applied to them?
Let's have the last five pages on a.m., so right click and select Apply Monster to pages and then ensure
it's a monster.
You're applying and select six and then a dash and 10 and hit OK.
In the warning pop up check, apply to all and then head to use monster paid size and the last five
pages will have a monster obliged to them.
Lastly, you can even import master settings from other in design documents.
So let's go to file and the new and select document.
Let's select a letter sized document and hit Create.
That's right, click the A.I.M. and then select master options for a master from here.
Let's change the prefix to C since we already have A and B and also change the number of pages to one
because we don't really need to see master pages and then hit a K now right click and select New Master
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
a text box and fill it with some place.
Hold the text.
And then with D.M. selected, let's add a polygon shape here and fill it with some color.
Now let's save the document with demo as the file name.
Let's go to our original document.
Click the burger menu on the top right of the Pages panel and go to monster pages and then select load
pages.
Load the document that we just saved and hit open.
And you can find, see and monsters sitting here.
Click the Sea Monster and drag it to one of the pages here and hit use monster page size from the warning
pop up.
And you should be able to see the monster page being applied on the thumbnail view.
Similarly, drag the monster to one of the pages and the monster shall be applied as well.
To verify, go to those two pages and you shall find the content of sea and monsters respectively.
So monster pages are really important and can save your time and headache to a very large extent, said
do use them extensively.
All right, guys, that concludes our session, and I'll see you in the next one pretty soon.
Goodbye.