ah, thank you Andrew. That was the answer I was looking for, sort of...
The good news is I got my answer. The bad news is InDesign doesn't really mirror pages all that well.
Thank you so much for sticking with me on this.
Shane
Thanks Andrew, but I think the part you are missing is that I DO have a 2 page MASTER SPREAD (see all my notes above which mention the "spread").
Only the first page of a chapter is a single master page.
ALL the other pages of a chapter are made up using a 2 PAGE MASTER SPREAD.
The 2 page...
Andrew,
Perhaps I wasn't clear enough in my initial question.
I have set up master pages.
I have a 1 page master for the first page of chapters.
I have a 2 page master for following pages of a chapter.
The 1 page master has two frames, top for chapter heading, bottom for beginning chapter...
>>> 1) Start of chapter pages <<<
This is a single page to start new chapters (with two frames, chapter headings frame and chapter text frame).
We want to avoid blank pages in the contents of the book if possible, which is why I did it all as one document. Perhaps that was the wrong approach...
I am creating a book of 300 pages.
I have designed master pages for:
1) Start of chapter pages
2) 2 page spreads for chapter text with the inside (spine) margins larger than outside margins.
Also text frames for main body of text.
3) Single blank master pages for copyright, title, and other...
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