Using hierarchical master pages makes creating catalogs and magazines a breeze. While it’s easy (and fun) to write about InDesign’s whiz-bang features, there’s still production work that needs to get done. So while master pages may not seem like a glamorous topic, it’s one of those things that just about every publication uses. However, InDesign CS adds a new twist to how master pages have been done since the’80s by allowing you to base one master page on another. So let’s delve into some hidden treasures in Adobe InDesign CS’s implementation of this age-old classic.


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