Master page properties reference

Review these properties when you are designing master pages.
Note: Master pages can only be used in templates that are generated into Microsoft Word and PDF documents.


General properties

In the Advanced properties tab, these properties are located at the top-level, in the Metadata, and in the Formatting > Common sections.

Type Value Description
Name String The name of the element.
Description String A summary or note about this element.


Specific properties

In the Advanced properties tab, these properties are located in the Formatting > specific section.

Type Value Description
Page orientation portrait, landscape When set to portrait, the longest edge of the page is vertical. When set to landscape, the longest edge of the page is horizontal.
Page vertical alignment top, center, bottom If the content does not span the entire page, you can specify where the content is to appear on the page.
Same as previous true, false You can set the Specific properties for the first master page in your template, and for every master page after it, you can set the Same as previous property to true so that all of your master pages behave the same way.


Margin properties

In the Advanced properties tab, these properties are located in the Formatting > margin section.

Type Value Description
Amount Number Create the same amount of white space between the edge of the page and the template content on all sides of the page. Specify a value in pixels or points.
Gutter Number The additional space between the edge of the page and the margin to use for binding the printed document. Specify a value in pixels.


Page border properties

In the Advanced properties tab, these properties are located in the Formatting > page border section.

Type Value Description
Border distance reference page edge, text edge Specifies whether to start at the edge of the page or the edge of the text to begin applying the Margin value.
Page borders apply option all section pages, first section page, other section pages You can add page borders to select pages in your document.
Display in front true, false If there is overlap, you can bring the border in front of elements by selecting true or bring the elements in front of the border by selecting false.
Surround header true, false Set to true to include the header inside the border or set to false to start the page border after the header.
Surround footer true, false Set to true to include the footer inside the border or set to false to end the page border before the footer.
Margin 0 to 1000 The white space between the sides of the text the border style property is applied to and any other text or element

Example:

All borders margin example

Style none, single, thick, double, hairline, dotted, dash large gap, dot dash, dot dot dash, triple, thin thick small gap, thick thin small gap, thin thick thin small gap, thin thick medium gap, thick thin medium gap, thin thick thin medium gap, thin thick large gap, thick thin large gap, thin thick thin large gap, wave, double wave, dash small gap, dash dot stroker, emboss 3D, engrave 3D, outset, inset, groove, ridge, dashed, hidden The type of border used around the side of the element
Color 000000 to FFFFFF The hexadecimal color of the border on the side of the text in the element
Width 0 to 30 The number of pixels the width of the border of the side of the element is.


Color properties

In the Advanced properties tab, these properties are located in the Formatting > color section.

Type Value Description
Page color 000000 to FFFFFF The hexadecimal color of the background of the master page. Some output formats accept transparent as a value.


Size properties

In the Advanced properties tab, these properties are located in the Formatting > size section.

Type Value Description
Paper size a3, a4, a5, b4, b5, executive, folio, ledger, letter, legal, envelope dl, quarto, statement, tabloid, paper 10x14, paper 10x17, custom Standard paper sizes used internationally and in North America.
Paper height Number Set Paper size to custom and enter the value of the vertical side of the paper in points or pixels.
Paper width Number Set Paper size to custom and enter the value of the horizontal side of the paper in points or pixels.

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