Specifying Page Types

For each page in a layout that you create, you can assign a type to determine how that page behaves in the output. For example, if you want odd pages in the output to always display particular header content or look a certain way, you can create a page with the Right page type.

How to Specify a Page Type

1. Open a page in a layout.
2. Double-click on the page (without double-clicking on a frame).

3. Select the General tab.

4. Click in the Page Type field and select one of the following:

   • Title Select this type if you want the settings to be applied to the first page in your output, which typically displays the manual title. If you include an Empty page type in your page layout, the title page in the output will be followed by the empty page. It is not mandatory that you use this page type for a title. Instead, you can use one of the other types, such as Normal.
   • First Select this type for the first page of a new chapter. This page type can be used in a situation where you are creating a simple configuration and you are not concerned with left and right pages (e.g., a document for electronic distribution only). In most cases, a First page type would be followed by Normal pages.
   • First Left Select this page type if you want chapters to begin on left-sided pages, and you need a different look for those pages than would be used for a regular left page.
   • First Right Select this page type if you want chapters to begin on right-sided pages, and you need a different look for those pages than would be used for a regular right page.

   • Left Select this type if you want the settings to be applied to a page in the output when it appears on a left (or even) page (e.g., page 42).

   • Right Select this type if you want the settings to be applied to a page in the output when it appears on a right (or odd) page (e.g., page 43).
   • Normal Select this type if you do not want a Left/Right type of page flow, but instead just want the same layout on every page, perhaps like a screenplay.
   • Empty Select this type if you want the settings to be applied to an empty page in the output. You might use this page type after Title pages. Otherwise, you probably want to use the Empty Left and Empty Right page types instead.  
   • Empty Left Select this type if you also have a First Right page type and need empty pages to be injected before them when necessary (i.e., to force a new chapter to begin on the right side).

   • Empty Right Select this type if you also have a First Left page type and need empty pages to be injected before them when necessary (i.e., to force a new chapter to begin on the left side).

5. Click OK.
6. Click to save your work.