Moorpark College Graphic Design

Simply put, Master Pages take much of the labor out of creating InDesign pages because Master Pages can house all of your repeating elements. Master Pages also help you maintain design continuity from page to page. Master elements can include page numbers, folios, empty frames, text, graphics and guides. Creating text and graphics on a Master Page is identical to creating them on any other page of the publication, with the exception that once positioned on a Master Page, master elements within the body of the document are locked in position so that you cannot accidentally move them.

Let’s take page numbering, for example. In order for a multiple page publication to look right, page numbering must be positioned in precisely the same place on every page. When thumbing through pages, numbers are likely to appear to “bounce around” if they are set in position individually, because their position could easily vary by a point or two in any direction. By ignoring the master page feature, you’d have to set and format all of the numbers manually, leaving plenty of room for errors and a sloppy looking publication.

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