Press ALT+SHIFT+CTRL+V/ OPT+SHIFT+CMD+V to invoke the Paste in Place command, which will paste the copied objects into the same place on the destination page as they occupied on the source page (assuming the page sizes are the same and that both documents are either facing pages or single sided).įigure 1: Select a full page of objects by dragging the Selection tool (a.k.a.Switch to Document B and navigate to (or create) the page onto which you want to paste the copied objects.Press CTRL+C/CMD+C to copy those ob¬jects to the clipboard.Use the keyboard shortcut CTRL+A/ CMD+A for Select All or drag the black arrow Selection tool such that a selec¬tion rectangle touches all the objects you want to select and thus copy (Figure 1).If you want any master page items to come along when you copy, first override those items on the page. Ensure that all the objects you want to copy are individually unlocked and not on locked layers.Open the source document, which I’ll call Document A. ![]() ![]() Styles may change if you have the same style names but different definitions between the two documents. Breaks text threading if one or more stories flow outside the selected frames. ![]() Scenario: You want to copy objects or the entire content of a single page from one document to another.Ĭaveats: Too labor-intensive for copying more than a single page. Excerpted from InDesign Magazine Issue 45.
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