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Creating a Multipage Spread

It's important to note that stand-alone gatefold documents, such as direct mail pieces with multiple folds, require a separate size for each fold so that inner pages fit inside the outer pages. Like QuarkXPress, InDesign requires all document pages to be the same size, so if you need these kinds of documents you should probably create them as one-page-per side and place fold marks where appropriate.

After determining which spread is to be expanded beyond two pages, select that page (for single-sided documents) or spread (for facing pages documents) and choose Keep Spread Together from the flyout menu within the Pages palette. The spread will then have brackets surrounding the page numbers (see Figure 29-1). You can then drag additional pages into the spread just as you would within QuarkXPress (either by dragging a master page icon next to it or dragging another page icon next to it in the Pages palette).

Creating a Multipage Master Page

Unlike QuarkXPress, you can create a master page for your gatefolds within InDesign. This is sometimes the easiest way to build a gatefold. Select New Master from the flyout menu in the Pages palette. Enter the number of pages to be in the multipage spread and click OK. Then use this master page (see Figure 29-2) to create as many groups of gatefold pages as you need. This lets you bypass the process of selecting the Keep Spread Together option and then manually dragging pages into the gatefold.