Adobe InDesign CS5 - Manual (Page 98)

92 USING INDESIGN
Layout
Last updated 11/16/2011
Display absolute or section numbering in the Pages panel
The Pages panel can display absolute numbering (labeling all pages with consecutive numbers, starting at the first page
of the document) or section numbering (labeling pages by section, as specified in the Section Options dialog box).
Changing the numbering display affects how pages are indicated in the InDesign document, as in the Pages panel and
in the page box at the bottom of a document window. The numbering display also affects how you specify page ranges
when printing and exporting the document. However, the numbering display does not change the appearance of page
numbers on document pages.
1 Choose Edit > Preferences > General (Windows) or InDesign > Preferences > General (Mac OS).
2 For Page Numbering, choose a numbering method in the View menu.
Pages panel showing absolute numbering (left) and section numbering (right)
Document numbering options
You can change document numbering options when you select a document page (not a master page) and choose
Layout > Numbering & Section Options. You can also change these options when you choose Document Numbering
Options from the Book panel menu.
Automatic Page Numbering Select if you want the page numbers of the current section to follow the numbering of the
previous section. Using this option, the page numbers in the document or section update automatically when you add
pages prior to
it.
Start Page Numbering At Type the starting number for your document or for the first page of the current section. For
example, if you want to restart the numbering for a section, type 1 . The remaining pages in the section will be
renumbered accordingly.
Note: If you chose a non-Arabic page-numbering style (such as Roman numerals), you still must type an Arabic numeral
in this box.
Section Prefix Type a label for the section. Include the spaces or punctuation you want to appear between the prefix
and the page number (for example, A–16 or A 16). The prefix is limited to eight characters.
You cannot enter a blank space by pressing the spacebar—copy and paste a fixed-width space character from the
document window instead. Note that plus (+) or comma (,) symbols cannot be used in section prefixes. (See “
Insert
white space characters ” on page 182.)
Style (Page Numbering) Choose a page-numbering style from the menu. The style applies to all pages in this section only.
Section Marker Type a label that InDesign inserts on the page at the location of a section marker character that appears
when you choose Type > Insert Special Character > Markers > Section Marker.
Include Prefix When Numbering Pages Select if you want the section prefix to appear when you generate a table of
contents or index, or when you print pages that contain automatic page numbers. Deselect this option to display the
section prefix in InDesign but hide the prefix in the printed document, index, and table of contents.
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