MASTERMATIC

Apply master pages based on paragraph and object styles

Note: Since InDesign 2022, “master pages” are called “parent pages”. Mastermatic has not yet been updated to reflect the new terminology, but remains 100% fully functional on all latest versions of InDesign on both Windows and Mac computers.

This InDesign add-on lets you link up master pages to paragraph styles and object styles.

With Mastermatic you can make a list of instructions to tell InDesign:

• Wherever paragraph style A appears in the document, apply master page X
• Wherever paragraph style B appears in the document, apply master page Y
• … and so on.

You can do the same with object styles:

• Wherever object style A appears in the document, apply master page X
• Wherever object style B appears in the document, apply master page Y
• etc. etc.

For example, you can now easily have a special master page applied on every page that contains a graphic image, and a different master page applied to every page that has a “Chapter Title” paragraph style, and so on.

But the best part of it is that it will update automatically while you work!

Unlike a traditional InDesign script, this script can keep track of your document while you work and update the master pages as needed – automatically! So if your text reflows, or you move a graphic to a different page, the appropriate master page will be applied automatically while you continue to work. It’s truly MASTERMATIC!

You’re in good company!

Major world publishers, including Penguin Random House, have rolled out Mastermatic to large teams of their designers. The response? “Overwhelmingly positive!” says John Tomaselli, senior manager. “The designers using it have all acknowledged substantial time savings. [Mastermatic] has become an important tool for us, [and] is highly recommended.”

Main Features

• Create as many paragraph style–master page pairs as you need.
• Create as many object style–master page pairs as you need.
• “Live Update” – InDesign will continuously monitor your document, and apply the correct master pages as needed.
• Choose a default master page for all other pages.
• Choose a master page to apply to all blank pages.
• Ignore the first X number of pages at the start of the document (often, preliminary pages have a specific set of master pages applied whose order never changes).
• “Sticky masters” lets you easily create a document with colored sections.
• All your settings are stored in the document, so you do not need to set them up more than once.
• New in Version 2.2: Load the settings from an old document so you don’t need to create them from scratch each time.
• New in Version 2.5: Enable the old-style InDesign layout adjustment feature. When you apply a new master page with different margins, the text frame will resize accordingly.

User Guide

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Demo Download

Click here to download a demo of the latest version of Mastermatic. You may run the demo version up to 10 times.

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Money-back Guarantee

If you are not satisfied with Mastermatic for any reason, simply let us know within 30 days of purchase for a full refund.