convert Page to Master Page

[Haba_Lunga]

Hallo,

your software is cool but there are some Questions.

is it possible to convert a normal Page into a Master Page.

How can I create a interaktiv PDF with checkboxes.

Danke sehr!

[pruus]

You can copy the content of a page to the masterpage. Select the page. Use CTRL-A to copy the content of the page. And then go to the mastertab. Make a  new page, and copy with CTRL-V the copied content to the page. .

[Haba_Lunga]

Okay, only copy and paste?

Do you now the open source software Scribus (https://www.scribus.net)? they have a better method. Can you make it similar? 

[Paul Chiswick]

If you want different size masters from a multi layout file:

1. Select page

2.Add  Master (from Master Pages)

At least you will have a blank master of the correct size. All layers will still kave to be copied though :-(

[dominik]

14 minutes ago, Paul Chiswick said:

At least you will have a blank master of the correct size. All layers will still kave to be copied though :-(

It is also possible to do this in the layers studio.

1. Create a new blank masterpage and assign it to the page with the contents.
2. In the layers panel unlock the master page.
3. Now select every element in the layers above the master page and move them into the master page.
4. Lock the master page again.
5. Finally remove the masterpage from the page. Now all the content is part of a new masterpage and can be applied to other pages.

This is not the Inkscape method but it should work for now 
d.

[Paul Chiswick]

That works. Not as neat as the menu, but at least a workaround!

[Mark Oehlschlager]

In Adobe InDesign, one can drag a Page icon from the Pages window into the Master Pages window to create a Master from a Page. 

One can also select a page or a spread, then, from the Pages panel options menu, select the command to "Save as Master".

[Copper Star Media]

I would also like to request that something like a drag and drop from page to master or a convert to master be added. It would help immensely when using older designs that need to be modified. Thank you.

[Ambros]

Just to add that I was looking for that functionality.. It's user error really (I shoudl have planned ahead better) but teh facility to copy the page and grid/guides to the master section to then apply to other pages is a nice idea (and I was used to it coming from InDesign)

[Clayton King]

One reason the ability to convert a page to a master would be helpful is guides. You can copy all the elements from a page, but the guides don't copy. Often, a lot of time is spent tweaking guides in real time, so the ability to convert them would help.

[MikeTO]

Someday when scripting support is added, this would be an easy feature for one of us to create with a script.

[RickyO]

On 12/3/2018 at 9:13 AM, Paul Chiswick said:

That works. Not as neat as the menu, but at least a workaround!

 

On 12/3/2018 at 9:08 PM, Mark Oehlschlager said:

In Adobe InDesign, one can drag a Page icon from the Pages window into the Master Pages window to create a Master from a Page. 

One can also select a page or a spread, then, from the Pages panel options menu, select the command to "Save as Master".

How do we submit the InDesign feature to Serif for adaptation???

[MikeTO]

23 minutes ago, RickyO said:

 

How do we submit the InDesign feature to Serif for adaptation???

You can suggest new features in the Feedback forum, but do it in the v2 forum and not in this v1 archive.

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/122-feedback-for-the-affinity-v2-suite-of-products/

[drik]

I just copy all the layers in the page and paste it into the Master page layer, thanks to the idea from Dominik. This is the easiest for me.