InDesign

Arrange, duplicate, and remove pages and spreads

You can use the Pages panel to freely arrange, duplicate, and recombine pages and spreads. Keep the following guidelines in mind when adding, arranging, duplicating, or removing pages:

  • InDesign preserves the threads between text frames.

  • InDesign redistributes pages according to how the Allow Document Pages To Shuffle command is set.

  • Objects that span multiple pages stay with the page on which they cover the most area.

Move pages using Move Pages command

  1. Choose Layout > Pages > Move Pages, or choose Move Pages from the Pages panel menu.
  2. Specify the page or pages you want to move.
  3. For Destination, choose where you want to move the pages, and specify a page if necessary. Click OK.

Move pages by dragging

 As you drag, the vertical bar indicates where the page will appear when you drop it. If the black rectangle or bar touches a spread, the page you’re dragging will extend that spread; otherwise, document pages will be redistributed to match the Facing Pages setting in the File > Document Setup dialog box.

In the Pages panel, drag a page icon to a new position within the document.

Moving a page’s position using the Pages panel

Duplicate a page or spread

 In the Pages panel, do one of the following:

  • Drag the page range numbers under a spread to the New Page button. The new spread appears at the end of the document.

  • Select a page or spread, and then choose Duplicate Page or Duplicate Spread in the Pages panel menu. The new page or spread appears at the end of the document.

  • Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) as you drag the page icon or page range numbers under a spread to a new location.

Note: Duplicating a page or spread also duplicates all objects on the page or spread. Text threads from the duplicated spread to other spreads are broken, but all text threads within the duplicated spread remain intact—as do all text threads on the original spread.

Remove a page from a spread while keeping it in the document

  1. Select the spread and deselect Allow Selected Spread To Shuffle in the Pages panel menu.
  2. In the Pages panel, drag a page out of the spread until the vertical bar is not touching any other pages.

Delete a page or spread from the document

  Do one of the following:

  • In the Pages panel, drag one or more page icons or page-range numbers to the Delete icon.

  • Select one or more page icons in the Pages panel, and click the Delete icon.

  • Select one or more page icons in the Pages panel, and then choose Delete Page(s) or Delete Spread(s) in the Pages panel menu.