[dpc036]

is it possible to have an even page number on the right page of a facing pages document?

the document i have set up has a cover, contents, then document content.
obviously the cover wont have a page number so i want contents to be page 1 (which i can do with the numbering & section options) but when i try to get the next page numbered 2 it fucks the pagination of the document up.

make sense?

[Herr Kurm]

Please rephrase. So far I can tell that you have to use master pages.

[emil]

Originally Posted by indesign help file

To add an automatically updated page number:

1. Do one of the following to specify where the page-number marker appears:
* If you want a page number to appear on all pages based on a master, double-click the master in the Pages palette.
* If you want the page number to appear on a specific page only, double-click a page in the top half of the Pages palette.
2. On the master or page, position the type tool Type tool where you want a page number to be added, then drag to create a new text frame large enough to hold the longest instance of the page number and any text you want to appear next to the page number, such as the section marker or document name.
3. With a blinking insertion point positioned in the new text frame, do any of the following:
* Type any text that you want to accompany the page number, such as the document name.
* Use the Insert Section Name command to add custom section marker text, as explained in Defining section numbering.
4. Choose Type > Insert Special Character > Auto Page Number. If the automatic page number is on a master page, it displays the master page prefix. On a document page, the automatic page number displays the page number. On a pasteboard, it displays PB.

TipThe Auto Page Number command is also available in a context menu under the Insert Special Character command. To see the context menu, position the text insertion point in the page number text frame, and right-click (Windows) or Control+click (Mac OS).

create separate masters?

[steveb]

Shit, I haven't used InDesign for a coupla years but as far as I can remember, you need to set up the automatic page numbering from the master page layouts. After that, it's possible to SUPPRESS the appearance of page numbers on individual pages as they occur - but I can't remember right now how to do it! But don't worry, what you want is perfectly possible. We'll just hang around until someone explains how to do it.
Emilpaun's idea of separate masters will work for a small document where ONLY the right-hand side pages have numbering. Otherwise 2 masters are a very big pain in the derrière.

[dpc036]

auto page numbering seems to follow the page numbers from the pages palette.

ive attached an image to try and illustrate better.

[dpc036]

from adobe help center.

By default, the first page is a recto (right) page numbered 1. Odd-numbered pages always appear on the right; if you use the Section Options command to change the first page number to an even number, the first page becomes a verso (left) page.

[steveb]

In fact, the best idea if you have erratic page numbering and you only have about 24 pages - number them manually!

[dpc036]

seems its possible if the document isnt set up with facing pages, but then you can design the spreads properly.

steveb that may be the way ill have to do it, although pages move around alot in this document, in quark it didnt matter.

[steveb]

Originally Posted by dpc036

then you can design the spreads properly

oops typo - you mean you CAN'T! I understand. Yeah, it's probably the easier way unless it's a really long document or you have a cuntish boss who DEMANDS you do it some particular way.

[dpc036]

seems ive solved it, always the way, get other people involved and the answers a simple one.

turn facing pages off. and make 'Master-A' a double page spread.
works like quark would then!

cheers guys

[Herr Kurm]

If you have a white(paper) area under the number you could solve it by drawing a rectangle on the first page over the number with paper/white fill. Never tried it tho...

[steveb]

I have and it doesn't work! Otherwise that would be the obvious way to do it. Jah?

[dpc036]

but it works if you do this

Originally Posted by dpc036

turn facing pages off. and make 'Master-A' a double page spread.

[Herr Kurm]

Võibolla.

I have not done a lot of brochure or book designing but I recall I tried it once and at least in the PDF and on the printouts from my own printer the number didn´t show up. I just usually design covers and the copy pages separately.

[John Good]

Originally Posted by steveb

pain in the derrière.

ha ha ha !

[chazthetic]

you can make pagination sections in InDesign and set the beginning page as whatever number you want. go to your pages tab, right click on whatever page you want as the first page and select start section

[hello]

If you were to set it up correctly your pre-content pages should be indexed with a different page numbering prefix.

[Scott]

or you can just create the auto page numbers, then edit them on the pages you dont want the number, it should automatically change according to what you've done.

E.G. You remove the number from the first page (the cover), the delete button works a treat. It SHOULD correct the rest of the pages and start from wherever the first page number appears.

None of this creating two master pages, turning facing pages blah blah off.

[Herr Kurm]

BlueSteel thats exactly what we didnt want to happen.

Fucking A chazthetic, I´ve never even had an idea of right clicking on the page thumbnails

[Scott]

Originally Posted by Herr Kurm

BlueSteel thats exactly what we didnt want to happen.

Fucking A chazthetic, I´ve never even had an idea of right clicking on the page thumbnails

what you talking about you numpty