How to Start an InDesign Document on a Left-hand Page

Start your InDesign document on a left-hand page using one of Khara’s easy tips.

Khara Plicanic Khara Plicanic


Tired of having InDesign insist that your document starts on a right-hand page? In this short video, Khara Plicanic shows you how to tell it to start your document on the left, instead.

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This article was last modified on December 5, 2025

This article was first published on November 24, 2025

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