To make the automatic numbering start working, we have to Command-Shift-click (or Ctrl-Shift-click) on the frame, to override it from the master page. For example, here I have flowed text in to my document, and I am looking at (you can see it is selected in the Pages panel)… but it still shows as page 1: The problem is that when I return to my document pages, the numbering doesn’t update. Next, I need to create a new List from the List pop-up menu (that enables the numbering to span unthreaded frame):Īfter I click OK, my new List shows up in the dialog box: You can see above that I have changed the Number field so that it only inserts the number. Next, I place my cursor inside one of the frames, type a space (there has to be at least one character in there to work), and then open the Bullets & Numbering dialog box (fastest way to do that is to Option/Alt-click on the Numbering button in the Control panel): That said, if you do want to try this, here’s the step by step, with pictures…įirst, here’s my master page, with small blank text frames where I want the page numbers to go: The main problem with this method is that you have to override the master page frames (and if you have hundreds or thousands of pages, that would be annoying). The benefit of this method is that you can insert pages where you want and choose whether they should be included in the numbering. then, on the document pages, override the master page frame by Cmd/Ctrl-Shift-clicking on the frame.give that paragraph a numbered list, and make sure you create and use a List that spans across stories and is set to “continue from previous number”.
create a new frame with one paragraph in it, and with at least one character (like a space) on that paragraph.I first wrote about this a few years back, and explained that the trick is: So here’s another option: Instead of numbering your pages with the normal “current page number” character, use paragraph numbering instead.
The problem with that, of course, is that if the page numbers change before the section, then you have to remember to update the section page numbers yourself. That way, the page becomes a new Section, and you can control the page numbering manually. Two solutions come to mind: First, you could select the page that follows the divider, choose Layout > Numbering & Section Options, and turn on Start Page Numbering At. If you add two pages, then it stays a right-hand page, but changes to page 37. If you add a new page in InDesign, then page 35 becomes 36 - and if it’s a facing pages document, that means it changes from a right page to a left-hand page. Maybe you want to add it between pages 34 and 35. Can you make page numbers skip certain pages in InDesign?įor example, lets say you want to put an insert (an ad, or tab, or section divider, or something like that) in the middle of a document. What if you have pages in your document that shouldn’t be numbered - that is, you want to skip page numbering for those pages.