Can't override item on opposite page

Question

I have a master template which is a double page template.
I can override items on the left page just fine, but when I try to do it on the right side page, it keeps overriding the items that are on the background instead, and brings them to the front. I just want to override an image on top of the background image. Is this possible?

Answer 1

JoeyJoeC wrote:
I have an entire master template, complete with some background shapes, and text. The background shapes are right at the bottom of the layers.
When I drag down the master template to create a new set of pages, I can use SHIFT + CTRL and click on the textboxes on the left to override them. This works fine.
If I want to override the textboxes on the right hand side, it overrides those background layers instead. This happens to anything I try to override on the right hand side.
Work around would be to override everything, but this beats the point of being able to go back and make changes later.
Sorry, I go your thread through to get your points, point by point, don’t feel offended, I want to guide you what is going wrong here.
Don't use the master page for such a purpose. If you need to place items exactly on the very same place on different pages, create a library and put repeating elements there. In a InDesign Library (INDL file) you can add anything and when you place items via the panel menu (Place Object(s)) they are exactly positioned on the very same place as the original.
In your example you have even filled the master page with text and images. Don’t do that. Keep the master as empty as possible. But make following changes:
You don’t use Paragraph, Character or Object Styles. Use them strictly, they will help you. No text without a paragraph style!
Use text variable on the master based on Paragraph or Character styles and/or sections, this will help to avoid to override place holder like you have for the Hotel name.
Don't place text frames into the ”air”, use page margines and column guides. This is very important. When you use Paragraph styles with correct keep options for the headlines you can link all text frames together to get a single story.
Use more layers like Background—Images—Graphics—Text—Page Number—Page Title in that order, images below text, layers don’t cost anything and are very helpful, this is the main problem here.
You should work with color management, you have turned off your color management, this is driving like a ghost rider. This will cause a lot of problems in the production. Turning off color management does not mean that you work without color management, it means only that you are out of control of the color management. InDesign will use default values given by the Operating System and InDesign. But when you produce a printing or web publication you have to decide according to the printers requirement what color settings you are using.
I would say, according to your link you have given, you should reconsider to start from the scratch.