Can I automatically "apply master" on multiple pages, without manually selecting them?

[lusb23]

Hey there! 
I've tried to search for this, but maybe I'm not using the right keywords. Not sure affinity publisher even does this, but I hope it does.. 

I'm making a planner for 12 months, there are 3 pages at the end of each month, and this "set" of pages is the same in every month. So I have this "set" of pages that I need to repeat 12 times, right? Each of these pages already has a master applied, because the client can choose the content of each page of this "set". But now, I have to multiple click on each page throughout the year to change their master. 

Is there a way that by changing the master on page 1 of this "set" on january, it automatically changes all pages 1 of the year, so the page 1 on february is the same, and in march, and so on  ? 

Going over a 250 page file selecting multiple pages to apply a master it's very demanding and prone to error. 

Not sure I made myself clear on this, feel free to ask me anything.

I appreciate any help, thanks! ❤️

[thomaso]

I don't really understand the situation of what is applied and what should change: if january should look like february why does february got a different master assigned before? However, I wonder if masters based on masters would help?

For instance: If you create Master pages 1 – 12 plus Master pages A – L (with layout or content variants) then you can assign e.g. master B to master 3 and thus make B occur on all document pages which already have master 3 applied.

[lusb23]

" I don't really understand the situation of what is applied and what should change: if january should look like february why does february got a different master assigned before? "   Is a custom planner, each customer can choose the content of the planner pages. So I have a file that I have to edit everytime with the customer's choices of pages. 

" I wonder if masters based on masters would help? "
OMG I had no idea I could apply a master on a master! This might be a game changing for me.. it might make my planners much easier to create!  I'll test it and see if it works, thank you so much! 

[lusb23]

It worked!! Thank you so much @thomaso 

I've created master pages for each page that goes at the end of each month, and now I only have to apply master on those when I need to change the file for the customer!

This masters based on masters thing is perfect! Thank you so much for teaching me!

Loving affinity more and more ❤️ 

// admins can close this topic now, it's happily solved 

[Old Bruce]

17 hours ago, lusb23 said:

...I had no idea I could apply a master on a master! This might be a game changing for me. ...

I had the opposite reaction to this. "When would I ever use that?"

I use it all the time now, so simple to make changes to one thing (location of the Page Number) on 3 or 4 or a dozen Master/Parent pages by making the change Once on one page. The trick is to continually think about what is on the pages and ask "Could these things be on a separate page?", "Would it make my designing/editing job easier?"