
To remove the applied contents of a master page in your page layout, click and drag the page in your pages window over the page you want to eliminate the master content of. Any new page you create in your document will have the contents of the A-Master page applied. If you want to create different footers or headers with varying copy, simply create as many master pages as needed. You can now place any graphic, text or image onto the master page and it will show on all of the pages you designate as A-Master pages.

To access the master page, double-click on the blank box to the right of the A-Master words. After you have set up your page using the New Document window, bringing up the Pages dialog box will show you the total number of pages you entered in the new document window as well as the A-Master page. When you create a new document in Indesign, your first master page is created automatically.

It is also acceptable to place page numbers in the center, near the bottom of the page. In print, odd-numbered pages should be on the right-hand side and even-numbered pages on the left-hand side of the book. It's up to you where to put your page numbers, but page numbers are most commonly placed at the bottom of the recto and verso pages (the terms are from the Latin rectō foliō and versō foliō, translating to "on the right side of the leaf" and "on the back side of the leaf"). When working on a multipage book, you most likely will want to have page numbers at the bottom (or top) of each page. The change will only affect the item you shift + command-clicked and not the item on the master page. If you shift + command-click a master page item on a page, Indesign will unlock it from the master page and you can edit it. Actually, you can edit the information from a master page in the document page. On the new page, the master page content will have a dashed line around it and you will not be able to select or modify it on the document page.

Instead of copying and pasting the same information over and over, you can simply drag the master page to your document and the content you created on the master page will show up on the newly created pages. When you have many pages with the same content on them, it is best to create a master page with that content. First, let's look at the different terms. In today's article, we'll look at creating master pages in Indesign, as well as adding automatic page numbers to the master pages. And you should never, ever do any kind of page layout in Photoshop. You can do page layout in Illustrator, but it wasn't created for that purpose. Indesign is your go-to application for page layout.
