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A way around needing multiple masters on one page…??

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    • March 8, 2011 at 10:48 am #58913
      farawayfeelings
      Member

      Hello,

      I'm currently putting together a large catalogue.

      There are 10 different page layouts, and then 7 sections titles/tabs which need to be applied to each of the 10 layouts… but I'm thinking that having 70 master pages set up is a bit ridiculous!

      What's the best way of setting this up?

      Many thanks in advance,

      Helen

    • March 8, 2011 at 4:06 pm #58914
      Frankie Lee
      Member

      Is there any way you can minimise that number if you use the parent / child Master page. Perhaps basing Master pages on othe masters could help? Hard to tell without seeing the designs TBH.

    • March 9, 2011 at 3:58 pm #58928
      Matt Mayerchak
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      I agree that I'd need to see the design to be sure, but . . .

      If the 10 layouts are actually different visually, and the 7 tabs are in different positions, I think you may indeed need 70 masters. I know that's a lot, but it sounds like you have a lot more pages than that, so it's still faster than adjusting each page.

      But if it's only the text that changes, and the tabs were all in the same place, or the layouts only had a section title that was different, then you might be able to do it using section markers or other text variables. For instance, if you just needed the section footers to change you could change that text in the Section Numbering options.

      I've also heard that PowerHeaders is a good plugin – you might look into it and see if it could help in this case. I haven't used it myself.

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