InDesign

About pages and spreads

When you select the Facing Pages option in the File > Document Setup dialog box, document pages are arranged in spreads. A spread is a set of pages viewed together, such as the two pages visible whenever you open a book or magazine. Every InDesign spread includes its own pasteboard, which is an area outside a page where you can store objects that aren’t yet positioned on a page. Each spread’s pasteboard provides space to accommodate objects that bleed, or extend past the edge of a page.

Pages panel

A.
Page icons

B.
Page with master “A” applied

C.
Selected spread

In a long document, you can move to a page quickly by choosing Layout > Go To Page.