Lesson B: Master Pages & Sections

  • Open the downloaded document called 6 Document Structure.indd. Go to pages 4 and 5 and fit that spread in the window (-option-0/Ctrl-Alt-0).

I am going to expose you to a few mysterious puzzles, then we’ll unravel them together. Let’s start with that text frame above page 4.

Sections

  • With the Selection tool, select the frame that appears to have the word “Section” in it. Drag it down onto the page. Surprised?
  • Double-click it to activate the text cursor in that frame. Try to select just part of the phrase.
Section Markers

You can’t select just part of the phrase because there isn’t a phrase there; it’s just a very special character called a Section Marker, a kind of wild card that gets substituted with ...

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