Having two separate page numbers, one for master AND one for section. Possible?

[reimerpdx]

I'm compiling a special notebook that ends with multiple disparate sections, and I'm curious if there's a way to insert both Master page numbers, and separate section numbers so that the sections that close out the book might look like:

Page 242 - section 1 Page 1
Page 243 - section 1 Page 2
...
Page 252 - section 2 Page 1
Page 253 - section 2 Page 2

and so on.

[MikeTO]

Hi @reimerpdx. You could name the sections and of course restart page numbering in them and then enter:

Section <sectionname field> Page <pagenumber field>

If this won't work for you could you share more information?

[reimerpdx]

Hi @MikeTO
Thank you for your response.

Okay, yes, I got this far for sure, and now I'm curious if this might need to be something custom?
Because what I'd like to see for my situation is:

Master Page <pagenumber field> Section <sectionname field> Section Page <section pagenumber field>

The reason this would be ideal for me is so that someone can see the TOC and find each section from there, and then each section would also have it's own page number for referencing.

[MikeTO]

I'm really not following you.

What do you mean by "Master Page <page number field>"? Why would you want a master page name to show up in a book? But if you do want something like that, you can create a custom field and put it on the master page.

What do you mean by <section page number field>? If you want something 2.4 where "2" is the section number and "4" is the page number with the section, you would do that by entering <section name>.<page number>

[reimerpdx]

Yeah, this is hard to explain (at least for me ;))

essentially each section will have two page numbers... the page number for the whole book, which would be a continuation and culmination of the entire book up to that point, and a second number that would show that particular section's page numbers starting from 1.

I'm unsure if there's a method to make this happen with the field insert options, because the <pagenumber field> shows the page number from the section.

[Oufti]

20 hours ago, reimerpdx said:

sections that close out the book might look like:

Page 242 - section 1 Page 1
Page 243 - section 1 Page 2
...
Page 252 - section 2 Page 1
Page 253 - section 2 Page 2

and so on.

I'd advise you to keep page numbers as they are and use paragraph numbering to create a new pagination for sections — with only empty numbered paragraphs, set with flow option = on next page. 

Here a crude and rough demo, just to give the idea (on the last pages): 

Page number + Section page number.afpub

[thomaso]

I don't know if it would be possible to use a string of continuous numbers and separated on the various pages by an according leading or break character. I just don't find a way to make those special master page text frames linked across the entire document (below I linked manually from 1 to 2 and 3 to 4).

Black: automatic section page numbers, restart on page 4. – Red: continuous numbering

[reimerpdx]

Thank you @Oufti and @thomaso
The demo you provided was VERY helpful, and having the reference page is great.
Linking the paragraph/text boxes makes a lot of sense.
It may not be as easy as having a separate section page number box on the master page, but it helps to automate a bit.

Appreciate you all!