How to Find Master Page in Adobe InDesign

Updated on:

April 6, 2026

By:

Madhav Bhandari

Use this interactive demo to learn how to locate and work with the master page in Adobe InDesign.

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Here’s a quick and easy guide on how to find the Master Page, or Parent Page, in Adobe InDesign:

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To find the Master Page (Parent Page) in Adobe InDesign, go to the top menu and click 'Window.'
Select 'Pages' to open the Pages panel.
In the Pages panel, you will see in the upper section the 'Parent Page,' also known as the 'Master Page.'

📌 Why this matters

Finding your Master Page gives you control over elements that appear consistently across multiple pages, like headers, footers, page numbers, and layout grids. Instead of manually adding these elements to each individual page, you apply changes once to the Master Page and they automatically update throughout your entire document.

This becomes particularly powerful when you're working with multi-page documents like magazines, books, or reports where maintaining design consistency would otherwise require tedious repetitive work and leave room for human error.

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