Publisher: How to start page numbering on Page 2?

[lixie]

Hello,

I have the following simple layout:

1. Cover page
2. Page 1 (Master A)
3. Page 2 (Master A)
4. Page 3... etc (Master A)

I added page numbering to Master A. As you can see, the cover page doesn't have a master. Yet, page numbering starts with the cover page because Page 1 shows "2".

I want Page 1 to show "1" not "2".

The help section says "To suppress page numbering on initial sections (e.g. Contents or Preface) don't assign a master page."

https://affinity.help/publisher/en-US.lproj/index.html?page=pages/Pages/numberingPages.html?title=Numbering pages

Apparently that is not correct since my cover page doesn't have a master yet it seem to count as page one.

 

Thanks for any pointers!

[MikeTO]

Hi, you need to create a section to restart page numbering. Choose Window > Section Manager, add a section, and restart page numbering.

What the help page is referring to with not applying a master page is for not displaying a page number on a page, it doesn't have anything to do with the numbering of pages.

I've explained all this in the free manual for Publisher I've shared in this forum. The link is in my signature.

Cheers,

Mike

[lixie]

Got it. Thank you!

[zinc890]

@MikeTO: Just wanted to say thank you for the help on this! I love finding old forum posts with awesome responses. I'll be checking out your guide as well.