Master pages
Master pages provide a flexible way to store page elements that you'd like to appear on more than one page. Page elements could be a logo, background, picture frames or text frames, as well as shapes and page numbering.
Master pages provide a flexible way to store page elements that you'd like to appear on more than one page. Page elements could be a logo, background, picture frames or text frames, as well as shapes and page numbering.
A master page is typically shared by multiple pages. By placing a design element on a master page and then applying that master page to other pages, you ensure that all the pages incorporate that element. Of course, each individual page can have its own independent 'foreground' elements. If you edit any master page element, all associated pages will update to incorporate the new master page design.
Master pages can be used in any publication, but in a simple publication (e.g. a single-page flyer) you may not need to use any master pages—or you may need only one master page.
When you create a new document, if you choose to create a default master, it is automatically applied to your initial publication pages.
Just like publication pages, master pages can be a single page or two-page spread equally, and can be assigned to equivalent publication pages or spreads.