Tip of the Week: Starting a Document on a Left-Hand Page
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Want to change your document so it starts on a left-hand page (so that the first two pages make a two-page spread)? One way is to double-click the little triangle over the first page in the Pages panel,
and set its page number to 2 (or any other even number).
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Hi Blatner, try a script to do it:
if(app.documents.length !== 0){
app.doScript(function() {
try {
var d = app.activeDocument;
p1 = d.pages[0];
p1.appliedSection.continueNumbering = false;
p1.appliedSection.pageNumberStart = 2;
d.spreads.everyItem().allowPageShuffle = false;
p1.appliedSection.pageNumberStart = 1;
} catch (e) {}
}, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, “FirstPage_LeftHand”);
}
Oh, bad quote, the right one~
https://gist.github.com/cooldtp/8ac8b57f7198185ef5a39154d14c35fe
new version: https://gist.github.com/cooldtp/52f17204b866e09361347ba81daf2f8e
I think you can achieve this by selecting pages and deselecting “Allow Selected Spread to Shuffle” in the Pages Panel flyout menu. Then you can move pages into any spread configuration you like without renumbering.
Yes, this is what I do all the time. :)