How to Set Up Parent Pages in InDesign
Learn how to set up and use InDesign’s parent pages for consistency across multiple document pages.
In this InDesign how-to video, Khara Plicanic gives an overview of working with parent pages—think of them like a template page—in a document. She shows how to set up a new parent page, add elements to the page, how to make changes to the content later, and how to apply a different parent to a page in your document.
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This article was last modified on August 29, 2025
This article was first published on October 16, 2024
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