InDesign Scripts for Long Documents

Apply Master Pages based on Paragraph Styles

“Apply Master to Pages” is an InDesign script (for versions CS4 and CS5) that allows the user to apply master pages to an entire document based on the paragraph styles that appear on each page.

Screenshot of the script "Apply Master to Pages"

Screenshot of the script "Apply Master to Pages"

The user can select up to 10 paragraph styles per document that are associated with a master page.

The user can also assign a master page to be applied to blank pages (blank pages are defined as pages that contain no text).

Finally, the user can assign a default master page to all other pages.

All these settings are remembered on a per-document basis, and are saved alongside the document.

For just $19.99, this script is an amazing timesaver for anyone working on long documents in InDesign.

A demo version can be downloaded here. It runs just like the full script with the limitation that it only works three times per document.

If you would like to buy the full unlimited version, please send us an email.

  1. #1 by Peter Gold on August 1st, 2010

    Hi, Ariel:

    I tried the Mac CS5 demo of ApplyMasterToPage and found that its dialog box only offers one choice of master page/paragraph style pair per run. The screenshot on the product info page shows a bunch of master/paragraph options, which implies that multiple master pages can be applied in a single run. Is this demo working correctly?

    Thanks.

    Regards,

    Peter
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  2. #2 by admin on August 2nd, 2010

    Hi Peter,
    Thanks for trying it out and posting your feedback.
    The script was written and tested on InDesign CS4, and I suspect that that is the issue.
    I have replaced the demo version on the link with a new version that should work on CS5 without it needing to be placed in a special script-versioning folder.
    If you have a chance to check it out and post back here that would be much appreciated.

    Thanks,
    Ariel

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  3. #3 by KidPub Press on August 2nd, 2010

    Thanks for doing the work on this. Our house style starts chapters on recto pages; will this script automatically create a blank verso facing page?

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  4. #4 by admin on August 3rd, 2010

    Hi KidPubPress,

    No, this script does not create any pages. But, in InDesign, you can set your chapter opening style to always begin on a right-hand page, and InDesign itself will then create a blank verso page.

    What the script does do is it lets you specify a master page style for any blank pages (see the screenshot above; this option is in the second from last checkbox at the bottom). A blank page is defined as one on which there are no live text frames, or on which all of the live textframes contain no text.

    Thanks,
    Ariel

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