Assigning page templates to pages

Dorico Pro Help

Product
Dorico Pro
Version
5.1
Language
English
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Webhelp
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You can assign different page templates to each page in each layout. You can assign page templates to individual pages and to every page after a selected page. For example, if you want to show a title page on the first page in each part layout.

Prerequisite

  • The right zone is shown.

  • You have created or imported any custom page templates you want to assign to pages.

Procedure

  1. In Engrave mode, open the layout in which you want to change the page templates assigned to pages.
  2. In the Pages section of the Pages panel, click the page whose page template assignment you want to change.
  3. In the action bar, click Insert Page Template Change to open the Insert Page Template Change dialog.
  4. Optional: Change the start page for the page template change using the From page option.
  5. Select the page template that you want to assign from the Use page template menu.
  6. Choose one of the following options for Range:
    • To assign the selected page template to the selected page only, choose Current Page Only.

    • To assign the selected page template to the selected page and all subsequent pages, choose From This Page Onwards.

  7. Click OK to save your changes and close the dialog.

Result

The selected page template is assigned to either the selected page only or the selected page and all subsequent pages until the next existing page template change or the end of the layout, whichever comes first.

After Completing This Task

If any pages in the affected range did not update, it is likely that those pages have page template overrides, which is a type of page format change. You can remove page template overrides to allow pages to use the assigned page template.