Indesign Basics: Numbering Pages
InDesign can number your pages, but a little bit of setup goes a long way.
Page numbering is a basic navigation tool in most publications—so basic that we rarely even think about it. It’s practically hidden in plain sight! The process of working with page numbers in InDesign is mostly automated, which is as it should be. But when working with page numbers, you should allow for some planning and execution, to ensure you get all the right numbers in all the right locations, in every (possibly tricky) situation.
This article will help you make the right choices when you’re planning and executing. Along the way, as you work with page numbering, you might make use of sections, prefixes, layers, and text variables, ending up with something very elegant. But regardless of how you create it, or what it looks like, in the end, every page number has the same simple purpose: to smoothly guide the reader throughout the finished document.
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To add to all of Erica’s Page Numbering goodies, ID Extras has today just unveiled their latest script, Page Numbers to Words, which allows you to substitute InDesign’s page numbers with any text needed: written-out numbers (one, two, three) in any language, but also anything else you may need (apples, pears, oranges?).
More info here: https://www.id-extras.com/products/page-numbers-words.
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Cool! Thanks for sharing that, Jamie.
Thanks for the mention, Jamie!
So first Erica’s article, and then the new script. Seems to be a great day for page numbers!
Here’s a fun one that’s related. Auto-Numbering a second Table of Contents for Feature Stories using Previous Page Number: https://www.jeffwitchel.net/2016/06/auto-numbering-of-a-feature-story-table-of-contents/
Enjoy!
Jeff
I think you have Figure 2 and Figure 3 swapped.
Regardless, some great tools, and a good reminder that page numbering has a lot of flexibility beyond just the basics. Thank you.