Parent Pages
Documents ranging in size from brochures to books (like this one) may have several different kinds of pages: pages tailored for front matter, tables of contents, the beginnings of chapters or sections, etc. To serve as a form of template for those kinds of pages, InDesign offers parent pages. Other software offer similar features like master slides in Microsoft PowerPoint or Apple Keynote. InDesign’s parent pages were formerly called "master pages," so you may find many users still referring to them as such.
Content placed on a parent page will appear on all the pages that use that parent. Much of my time preparing a document is spent on the parent pages of that document. The items that are best put on parent pages include one or ...
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