How to merge alternate layouts InDesign?

I have a document that has, through importing various pages from other documents, ended up with pages of the same dimensions across FIVE alternate layouts.
How can I merge these alternate layouts into one?

In your paragraph panel, right click on the black triangle above one of the sections you would like to merge with the main. Choose Numbering and Section Options, and un-heck Section Start.

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BR
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Hi Lena,
Have you tried to combine the RTF templates into one template?
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your second template logic here
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Petrill,
Thank you. I was trying to do that yesterday, but it was grayed out. It seemed to work alright today.
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I have a book that is in a 6×9″ layout and I would like to make an alternate layout for 8.5×11 (and other formats) then export both as independent books to PDFs. How can I do this or is there another better way? I thought alternate layout would be the way to go, but I don’t think I can export the alternate layouts for all my chapters/etc., from the book menu without including ALL the pages from each layout?
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Hi Willi:
Thanks for your prompt response. Do you know if there are any scripts that can do this or at least help automate some of this process?
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Small correction: You CAN create EPUB3 fixed layout if you have CS6, but it can be a painful process. Anne-Marie Concepcion explains how in her video on Lynda.com:
http://www.lynda.com/Dreamweaver-tutorials/Comparing-looks-fixed-vs-flowable-EPUBs/94249/9 9018-4.html

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New > Document > web.
I am creating an .epub.
QUESTION.
Does it matter if the layout is vertical or horizontal in Indesign CC ?
I followed Anne Marie Concepcion's tutorial for creating an Alternate Layout.
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/visual-design-cs6/working-with-alternate-layouts/
It is actually for Indesign CS6.
I Created an alternate layout so now I have two:
Letter V which looks like landscape.
800x600 which looks like portrait.
I thought that I would keep only the 800x600 portrait.
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How can I change this to be called Master A. ?
With Indesign CC, and with the updated functionality of tablets, does it really matter which layout I use ??
I created an ePub in 2010 using Indesign CS5, and I did not use alternate layouts and the ebook seems to be fine on all tablets.
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Thanks Anne-Marie.
So I think that I should just delete my 800x600 Layout ?
The 800x600 layout physically looks in my pages panel to be vertical.
And then save it again ?
QUESTION: Which Layout should I keep ??
That will leave me with the Letter V layout which was what is listed in all of my saved versions.
This is where I suppose I became confused.
The fact that that the term LETTER V is used when I created a document for the WEB.
'LETTER' denotes physical pages to me.
V is for vertical.
document > new > web defaults to 'horizontal' orientation if I am not mistaken
Does that makes sense ? My confusion.
It is just feedback.
I just hope that I do not have to go back and re-edit those last 50 pages
Thanks for the help.
I love adobe products.
I just want to understand this and move onto the next step.
I have been dreaming of a strategy to get my TOC to work the way I want it too.
Thanks Bob too.

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I'm working on a big file, which has been, for size reasons, separated in multiple files that have then been assembled in an indesign book
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What I get when I export the Indesign Book with two alternate layouts to an interative pdf
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If I export the whole book as it is, my two alternate layouts are just following each other and it's a big mess, not to mention the hyperlinks don't work anymore.
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You mean, breaking the document into two or three files and then exporting each of these and then assembling the pdf files?
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I have a 45 page app. Each page has button on it that call other pages, play video, or call an MSO
When I create alternate layouts not all the buttons appear on the new layout
the buttons that DO appear are:
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2. A button that calls a video to play
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Since alternate layouts and buttons are core InDesign features, moving this post to the InDesign Forum.
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