dunazee Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Hello!! FYI, I did search for a solution in the help files and forums here, but apparently I'm not using the right search terms... Installed and downloaded the full suite literally about an hour ago. Being an InDe user (and Quark and PageMaker back in the day), I've been able to get a document created and populated pretty quickly. I'm impressed with Affinity's offerings! Of course the interface is going to have a learning curve, but that's to be expected. However, I'm stumped on the following: how do I get the page number field to display on the first page of my document? It's a short doc, only ~15 pages, doesn't really require organizing with sections. I set up a page number field on my master page. I tried creating a new section, but the "start page number on" is grayed out on the first section (which is only the one first page). A workaround could be to just put a text box with the number on p1, but it seems like it would be do-able from a master? I am a graphic designer and amateur photographer, looking to transition to Affinity for personal projects, keeping the Adobe stuff for my employer (who pays for my enterprise subscription). At first glance, the software should meet all my future non-commercial needs, which is wonderful! Never have been able to get the hang of Apple's Pages or Keynote, or lay out anything in Word or Docs... (And I hope one day detach from Adobe for my photography as well... but, one step at a time for now.) Thanks in advance! MacOS 14.2.1, AfPub 2.3.1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunazee Posted January 28 Author Share Posted January 28 SOLVED. Yeesh. Dragged the master page on top of page 1 and there you go. I didn't realize that the master page wasn't applied to that first page. Oufti 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Hi @dunazee, welcome to the Affinity Forums! 3 minutes ago, dunazee said: I set up a page number field on my master page. How did you make it to be a "page number field" ? – Just create a text frame + choose menu Text > Insert > Fields > Page Number. On the master page it will be displayed as #. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunazee Posted January 28 Author Share Posted January 28 Yes, that's how I did it. Don't have the terminology down yet... The key was to actually apply the master to the page that didn't have the page number on it. Well, duh, newbie mistake. Need to see if there's a way to show what masters are applied to pages like InDe does. Which will be helpful when working with multiple masters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oufti Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 1 hour ago, dunazee said: Need to see if there's a way to show what masters are applied to pages Just hover over the pages thumbnails in the Pages panel. Quote Affinity Suite 2.4 – Monterey 12.7.4 – MacBookPro 14" 2021 M1 Pro 16Go/1To I apologise for any approximations in my English. It is not my mother tongue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunazee Posted January 28 Author Share Posted January 28 Wow, awesome, thanks! Oufti 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeTO Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 21 minutes ago, dunazee said: SOLVED. Yeesh. Dragged the master page on top of page 1 and there you go. I didn't realize that the master page wasn't applied to that first page. You need to select "Default Master" in the New Document dialog and then it will be applied to page 1. Cheers dunazee 1 Quote Download a free manual for Publisher 2.4 from this forum - expanded 300-page PDF My system: Affinity 2.4.2 for macOS Sonoma 14.4.1, MacBook Pro 14" (M1 Pro) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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