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• • March 12, 2023 at 10:30 am #14388224
    Rich Harvey

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    I have created several InDesign documents of varying length. Some are three pages, some are ten, etc. Now I am combining them into a single document (while saving the original files) by using “Move Pages.”

    On one occasion (a few minutes ago, actually), I moved a four-page article to the “mothership” document — “move all pages after page 22”. The result was six pages side-by-side. Naturally, it should only be two pages side-by-side, since I’m designing a magazine, and NOT a brochure.

    This “spread” feature is great when designing book covers — back cover, spine, and front cover displayed side-by-side — but not when designing a standard print magazine. Obviously, I’m not certain how to turn off the feature. Deselecting combinations of “Allow document pages to shuffle” and “All spreads to shuffle” is driving me crazy, as each gives widely different result.

    What’s the best way to drop in new pages, and just have them be incorporated into the layout?

  • March 12, 2023 at 10:50 am #14388225
    John Kramer

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    From my experience it is best to “Allow document pages to shuffle” for multipage documents with a spine/gutter and only deselect “Allow spread to shuffle” only to build outside cover spreads with spine in between, the occasional foldout page, etc.
    If you allow the spread that contains page 22 to shuffle It should at least enable adding the new pages in the expected fashion.

  • March 12, 2023 at 11:04 am #14388226
    Rich Harvey

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    Okay … so … for a 128-page magazine interior, which is the best setting?

    • March 12, 2023 at 11:22 am #14388227
      John Kramer

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      Only you can answer that, given things like full bleed section openers, etc.
      I would always start by Allowing Document Pages to Shuffle as the default and then deselect spreads individually as necessary.

  • March 12, 2023 at 11:29 am #14388228
    Rich Harvey

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    Well, John, that worked to a certain extent. The pages don’t allow more than 2-page spreads, which is good. The only puzzling me is why the last page of an article is on one spread … and the next page is on its own spread. I can highlight the page and drag it next to the last page, so both are on a single spread. But if I import another document, it seems like the two pages go back to their respective “corners” or spreads. But at least this is a step in the right direction!

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