pages numbering

[daveedb]

Hi,

I have an issue here. I have tried a few "number" of things but I do not seem to get through to what I need to do. I have set up my document -a small pamphlet- with about 24 pages. I divided it in three parts. I have made a number of master pages to  set up text boxes for titles for the three parts. I need page numbers at the top for the three parts eg: 1-1, 1-2, 1-3 etc then 2-1. 2-2, etc then 3-3 and so on. The way I set up these top numbers is by typing 1- or 2- or 3- and then entering the page number through fields. This works great. (although it may not be "right"...)

But I also want continual page numbers at the bottom of the pages. I have made a separate master pages for these. This is when the issue happens. Whenever the bottom page number changes to greater 1-24 the top number keeps on counting the same way. I wish though that the top number would just stop counting when the first part is done and then restart at 1 for the second part (or segment) and so on.

I also observed that one method follows the other; I mean when I use the section panel to restart numbering to another section the bottom number follows that one too. So instead of having the number 24 at the end of the document I have 6 or 8 depending how long the last segment was.

Any way around this?
Sincerely asking, 😕

Denis

 

[Komatös]

Hi, @daveedband welcome to the forums.

You can control the sections with the section manager.
However, there is also a small catch here. There is no possibility to set the page number in the section and an absolute, consecutive page number. 

 

 

[daveedb]

Thank you for your response. I already went the avenue of section manager. I end up with the same result so far... I may not understand it all since I am fairly new to Publisher...

[walt.farrell]

Each page has only one page number. It signs like you want it to have to numbers, one running sequentially from 1 to n, and one that resets to 1 for each section. That's not supported.

There are other ways you could do it. For example, a text frame on each page just for the sequential number, with all those linked together. You make it small enough it can only hold one number, and paste a set of numbers into the first frame. They will flow through so that only one shows on each page. You'd probably put that frame on a Master Page.