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• • August 13, 2013 at 10:15 am #64831
    Anonymous

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    Hello.

    Here is what I am trying to do. I have two books I am working on. Each has a lot of the same information but there are certain pages that belong specifically to one or the other. The easy way to handle this is to make two books but that becomes really messy when I am trying to update links, typos etc.

    So what I am looking to do is see if there is a way to create a master book with all the common pages and then have the two other books pull in those pages and have there own specific pages. The idea here is to only have to update the Master file on the common pages and then I can target the specific pages in each book. Can this be done or is there a better way to achieve this?

  • August 13, 2013 at 10:56 am #64832
    David Blatner

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    Yes, create three documents: Book A, Book B, and Common Pages. Then use File > Place to import the common pages into A and B (use show import options if you want to control how they’re placed, including bringing more than one page in at a time).

    When you want to edit a page from Common Pages, just open and edit. Then you’ll have to click Update in the Links panel in A and B.

  • August 13, 2013 at 11:07 am #64833
    Anonymous

    Inactive

    David,

    Help me work backwards. I already have Book A. I did not yet create Book B. Should I copy Book A and remove the common pages and then pace common pages?

    A few questions

    1. I have A TOC set-up (and MAster Pages) if I place the COmmon Pages how will this affect the document (in other word will I need to make adjustments)?

    2. Some of the pages that are common need to be tweaked for each book. That could mean a global change to a word, an update to a hyperlink. This becomes my main issue. 80% of the content on the page is the same but a few things need to be changed. I would like to have the ability to change in my master files and then target change in my two books without overwriting the master pages. I hope this makes sense.

    3. Can I place a page and make changes like I indicate above to specific areas?

    4. Since this document is 270 pages (and set-up as alternating layout for later use can i automatically have inDesign place all the pages without going one-by-one?

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