Publisher doesn't let me edit anything from the master page

Anything on the Master Page is uneditable. I used the master page before to
put stuff on every page and edit it individually. It won't let me select it
on those individual pages if its on the master page. is there an option
somewhere to allow changes to be made to the stuff on the master page after
it's applied to a page??
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-angry and frustrated customer

John
Thu May 01 10:35:03 CDT 2008

JJ wrote:
> Anything on the Master Page is uneditable. I used the master page
> before to put stuff on every page and edit it individually. It won't
> let me select it on those individual pages if its on the master page.
> is there an option somewhere to allow changes to be made to the stuff
> on the master page after it's applied to a page??
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What happens if you type...Ctrl+M...to access the Master Page?

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Solutions that work for
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Mary
Thu May 01 11:02:20 CDT 2008

Help here
2007
Create, edit, or delete a master page
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HA012340401033.aspx?pid=CH100965971033

2003
About using master pages
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HP010036031033.aspx?pid=CH063587691033
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"JJ" <JJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8E9DAF7D-7B42-489A-ADA5-54AE3275358B@microsoft.com...
> Anything on the Master Page is uneditable. I used the master page before to
> put stuff on every page and edit it individually. It won't let me select it
> on those individual pages if its on the master page. is there an option
> somewhere to allow changes to be made to the stuff on the master page after
> it's applied to a page??
> --
> -angry and frustrated customer

Ed
Thu May 01 13:26:10 CDT 2008

JJ wrote:
> Anything on the Master Page is uneditable. I used the master page before to
> put stuff on every page and edit it individually.

Publisher has never behaved like this. You're probably thinking of
PowerPoint, where the Slide Master behaves like this.

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Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher
http://ed.mvps.org

JJ
Thu May 01 20:43:02 CDT 2008

I know THAT it told me everytime I clicked on an item that was also on the
masterpage...
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-Confused


"John Inzer" wrote:

> JJ wrote:
> > Anything on the Master Page is uneditable. I used the master page
> > before to put stuff on every page and edit it individually. It won't
> > let me select it on those individual pages if its on the master page.
> > is there an option somewhere to allow changes to be made to the stuff
> > on the master page after it's applied to a page??
> ================================================
> What happens if you type...Ctrl+M...to access the Master Page?
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> Digital Media MVP
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>
>

JJ
Thu May 01 20:50:00 CDT 2008

The problem is I know it's never behaved this way (and I know which program
I'm using and it's not powerpoint, they are very differnt). Just today, right
before the due date it decides it won't let me actually put text in the text
box I had put on the masterpage. So I had to delete it off the masterpage and
copy and paste it on EVERY page myself just to put the text in it!

Is there some function that allows you from the normal view to verify what
is on the masterpage? I don't think I turned anything on or off... but I
often press shortcut keys and often press accidental ones (which is how i've
discovered most of them anyway...).

I did update my computer yesterday, was there some new change in publisher
recently that would effect this?
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-Confused


"Ed Bennett" wrote:

> JJ wrote:
> > Anything on the Master Page is uneditable. I used the master page before to
> > put stuff on every page and edit it individually.
>
> Publisher has never behaved like this. You're probably thinking of
> PowerPoint, where the Slide Master behaves like this.
>
> --
> Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher
> http://ed.mvps.org
>

Ed
Fri May 02 03:20:25 CDT 2008

JJ wrote:
> The problem is I know it's never behaved this way (and I know which program
> I'm using and it's not powerpoint, they are very differnt). Just today, right
> before the due date it decides it won't let me actually put text in the text
> box I had put on the masterpage. So I had to delete it off the masterpage and
> copy and paste it on EVERY page myself just to put the text in it!

If you want the text to be the same on every page, you should be able to
edit it by hitting Ctrl+M and modifying the text on the master page. You
have never been able to do this from normal publication view.

If you want the text to be different on every page, just with the text
box in the same place (as you would use the Slide Master for in
PowerPoint), then you have to create each box manually. It has always
been this way. Some wizard publications will automatically add new pages
with a particular layout if you ask them to, and inserting a page with
Duplicate All Objects On Page [X] will let you create a similarly-laid
out page from an existing one.

> Is there some function that allows you from the normal view to verify what
> is on the masterpage? I don't think I turned anything on or off... but I
> often press shortcut keys and often press accidental ones (which is how i've
> discovered most of them anyway...).

View > Ignore Master will turn off the master page, whatever is on it
will disappear.

> I did update my computer yesterday, was there some new change in publisher
> recently that would effect this?

Nope.

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