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• • May 20, 2018 at 5:31 pm #103870
    Gennifer Levey

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    I’m fairly new to InDesign. When I created my document, I selected New Document / Print, yes to primary text frame. I edited Master Page A to have a page number at the bottom and to make the text box a little shorter to accommodate the page number at the bottom. Then I created a Master Page B. I added a text box that filled up the entire area within the margins without a page number at the bottom. When I apply Master Page B to one of the pages in my document, it has the shorter text box from Master Page A. How can I fix this? Thanks so much for any help you can give.

  • May 20, 2018 at 6:23 pm #103871
    Dwayne Harris

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    My first thought is liquid layout is not enabled?

  • May 20, 2018 at 7:06 pm #103872
    Graham Park

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    Have you set up the document using Facing Pages and Master Text Frames?
    With your B-Master after you have created it open it, highlight both pages in the spread, then go to Layout – Margins and Columns and adjust the bottom margin and the master text frame and the guides will change on your master and all pages you apply it to. You can then also add your page number box at the bottom.

    https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/master-pages.html
    https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/how-to/work-with-multi-page-documents.html

  • May 20, 2018 at 7:47 pm #103873
    Gennifer Levey

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    Hello Graham. I have set up the document as single pages, not spreads. Thank you for your reply.

  • May 20, 2018 at 7:54 pm #103874
    Gennifer Levey

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    Hi Dwayne. I enabled liquid layout, but it didn’t help. Thanks for your assistance.

  • May 20, 2018 at 8:03 pm #103875
    Gennifer Levey

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    Graham: I tried what you suggested, but I don’t think it’s helping. On the B-Master the margins and columns settings are the same as on the A-Master. There was nothing to change. The text frame on B-Master looks right on the Master page, but then it still is a shortened text frame when I apply it to a page in the document; that page matches the text box on A-Master.

  • May 20, 2018 at 10:20 pm #103877
    Graham Park

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    This might help you.

    https://creativepro.com/indesign-basics-primary-text-frames.php

  • May 22, 2018 at 1:03 am #103909
    Vinny –

    Member

    Here’s my 2 cents:
    So you have created Master A with a primary text frame. Good!
    Then you have created Master B… My guess is that you created B based on Master-A. (you can check it by opening “master-B page options”)
    Now, instead of resizing the primary text frame, maybe you have created a new one. (possibly with a [paper] background, which would explain why your master-B looks fine).
    Now, when you apply Master-B to a normal page, what does happen? Your text frame is locked and the primary isn’t, and is on top.
    If I’m guessing correctly, just go back to Master B, delete the created text frame and resize the primary text frame.
    Tell us if this solves your issue.
    Vinny

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