Joe Ward wrote: > > >> Gregory Pittman wrote: >> I think now I may understand where you're conceptualizing this >> incorrectly. >> When you get the next template, you are starting a new document, so >> then when you convert to a master page, it applies to that new document. >> >> Master pages cannot exist outside of the context of a document, so if >> you close the document, you have closed the master pages associated >> with it. >> What you can do is to click Edit > Master Pages... and then import a >> Master Page from another document, so you can easily make use of >> Master Pages from elsewhere. >> >> Just because you have created or imported Master Pages doesn't mean >> you are necessarily using them. They must be applied to your Document >> page. A new document by default will have the 'Normal' Master Page >> (blank), which you can then switch to one of your choice (you cannot >> rename this Normal page, and you cannot name one of your custom >> Master Pages as 'Normal'). A given document page can only have one >> kind of Master Page associated with it. >> >> Greg >> > > "Conceptualizing incorrectly." That's a kind way to put. But it > sure is true. > > So, are you telling me I have to start the newsletter with a > normal template, and then import the template I want, to replace it -- > and keep doing that with each of the pages? In many, perhaps most cases, you will want to design your own template, in other words, create a new document layout with all the fixed content, like headers, maybe Styles, etc., then save it as a template you can use later. The sample templates are available largely for ideas, and for most people will require editing, removal of a lot of arbitrary content, so is this worth all that effort?
You can import pages from other documents: Page > Import, which may be some use to you. As stated above, you can import Master Pages as well. Greg
