The Links panel keeps track of the
images you have placed into your
document, and to which folders on
your computer they are located
(‘linked’ to).
At the Pages panel. At the top
of the panel you’ll see a
section with two
default Master pages, one
single page named [None],
and a second, a two-page
spread, named A-Master.
To edit the A-Master, double-click
the page icon in the panel to bring
it up on screen. You can place
elements on a Master page, and
these will be applied in turn to all
pages in the document that have
that Master applied to them.
A letter, e.g. ‘A’, will appear at the
top right corner of the relevant
page icon in the panel, indicating
which Master is being applied to
that page. By default, all pages in
your new document will have the
A-Master applied to them.
To apply [None] (i.e. no
Master) or a Master (e.g.
A-Master) to a page,
simply click and drag
the Master’s page icon and
drop onto a page in the
lower section of the Pages
panel.
To create a new Master,
navigate to the drop-down
menu accessible at the top-
right of the Pages panel,
and select New Master. In
the New Master
window you can give
the Master a Prefix, a
Name, and state whether it
should be based on
an existing Master (i.e. pick
up the elements on that
Master, and update the
new Master accordingly, if
you make changes to the
original Master.)
Add new pages to a document
Do any of the following:
To add a page after the active page or spread, click
the New Page button in the Pages panel or choose
Layout > Pages > Add Page. The new page uses the
same parent as the existing active page.
To add multiple pages to the end of the document,
choose File > Document Setup. In the Document
Setup dialog box, specify the total number of pages
for the document. InDesign adds pages after the last
page or spread.
To add pages and specify the document parent,
choose Insert Pages from the Pages panel menu or
choose Layout > Pages > Insert Pages. Choose where
the pages will be added and select a parent to apply.
Adding and deleting pages
You can also add new pages to the publication by using the Pages
panel. To add a new page, follow these steps:
• Choose Window→ Pages to open the Pages panel.
• The Pages panel opens.
• Click the Create New Page button.
• A new page is added to the document.
• Select a page in the Pages panel.
• The selected page is highlighted in the Pages panel.
• Click the Create New Page button again.
• A new page is added following the selected page.
Selecting and moving pages
Use the Pages panel to select a page or spread in your
publication. Select a page by clicking the page. If you Ctrl-click
(Windows) or ⌘ -click (Mac) pages, you can select more than
one page at a time.
The Pages panel also lets you move pages to a new position in
the document: Select a page in the document pages area of the
panel, and then drag it wherever you want to move the page. A
small line and changed cursor indicate where the page will be
moved. You can move a page so that it’s between two pages in a
spread; a hollow line indicates where you’re moving the page. If
you move a page before or after a spread, a solid line appears.
Release the mouse button to move the page to the new location.
To delete a page,
• Select a page in the Pages panel.
• The selected page is highlighted in the Pages
panel.
• Click the Create New Page button again.
• A new page is added following the selected
page.
• To delete a page, select it in the Pages panel
and click the Delete Selected Pages button.
The selected page is removed from the
document.
• You can also add, delete, and move pages and
more without the Pages panel by choosing
from the Layout→ Pages submenu.
Numbering your pages
When you’re working with longer documents, adding page
numbers before you print or export the publication is a good
idea. You don’t have to add them manually: A special InDesign
tool lets you number pages automatically. This tool is
particularly useful when you move pages around the
document. You don’t have to keep track of updating the
numbering when you make these kinds of edits.
To number pages, follow these steps:
• Using the Type tool, create a text frame on the page where
you want the page number to be added.
• Choose Type→ Insert Special
Character→ Markers→ Current Page Number.
• The current page number appears in the text frame you
selected. If you added the page number to a master page,
the master page’s letter appears in the field instead.
Numbering your pages using Master Page
If you want page numbers to appear on all pages in
the document, add the text frame to a master page.
Remember that page numbers are added only to the
pages in your document that are associated with
that master page. If you want to add page numbers
to the left and right sides of a book or magazine, you
need to repeat this process on the left and right
sides of the master pages. Remember that if you add
a page number only on a document page — and not
on a master — the page number is added to only
that single page.
