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Right-click on page 1 in InDesign’s Pages panel and choose Numbering and section options. The first page affected by this change is page 1. But let’s say you want to add a leading zero to pages 1–9, so they are numbered 01–09, then continuing from 10 in the usual way. To change the style within a document, you need to use sections. Look familiar?! You can also use Roman numerals, in uppercase or lowercase, or add one or more leading zeros to your Arabic numerals. Don’t panic – you don’t need to learn Arabic, as this just means 1, 2 and 3 etc. InDesign’s automatic page numbering uses Arabic numerals as default. Perfect for magazines and certain kinds of book, although not necessary for novels or any other books that just feature text, and no coloured backgrounds of any kind. The page numbers therefore always appear above any photos or backgrounds. InDesign’s automatic page numbers now appear on the document pages.Ĭreate your text frame(s) on their own layer, above the main content. The actual page numbers now automatically appear on the document pages this particular master page is applied to. The page number placeholder now appears on the master page. Style the page number placeholder as you want the page numbers to appear (typeface, size, colour etc). The master page’s prefix (ie A for A-Master) now appears as a placeholder. Then, with your cursor at the point where you want the page number to appear, go to Type > Special character > Markers > Current page number, or press ⌘ + Shift + Option + N (Windows: Ctrl + Shift + Alt + N). You can copy and paste, or duplicate, your existing one and then change anything that should be different on the facing page. If you’re creating a document with spreads (left-hand and right-hand pages facing each other, such as for a book or magazine), you will need to create a text frame for both pages. It should also be large enough to hold any page number prefix you may wish to assign (eg ‘page’, or the equivalent in your language). If you’re creating a document with 100 or more pages, make sure the text frame is big enough to hold three figures. On the master page, create a text frame where you want your page numbers to appear, such as in the top or bottom corner, or centred in the top or bottom margin. So they remain master pages for now, although I mean parent pages! Although I applaud this decision, I wrote this article and prepared all the screenshots in 2021, and I don’t fancy redoing them all. Starting from InDesign 2022 (version 17), Adobe has renamed its master pages parent pages, in order to use language that is more inclusive.