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• • May 31, 2012 at 2:38 pm #62329
    SharkChaser1

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    I have a document that is 201 pages, I can do the page numbering, BUT I want page 4 to start the page numbers as page 1.

    I have 3 pages before the first page I want the numbering to start.

    I would like some help, Please keep it simple. I have tried several different things and nothing works.

  • May 31, 2012 at 2:58 pm #62331
    Alan Gilbertson

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    Unofrtunately, you're trying to swim upstream with this. Here's the deal: odd numbered pages are always on the right (recto), even numbered pages on the left (verso). This is a convention as old as printing and as fixed as “the cover of a book goes on the outside,” so violate it only if you absolutely must.

    You can tell InDesign to start numbering at 1 on any page, but that page, if it wasn't already a recto, will suddenly become one. Under normal circumstances, you can make the 3rd page, or the 501st page “page 1”, but not the 4th or the 44th without changing the spreads.

    So, all that said, if you must make your numbering start on a left hand page, go to the Pages Panel flyout menu and uncheck “Allow Document Pages to Shuffle.” Then right-click on the page, choose “Section and Page Numbering Options,” click the “Start at Page” radio button, and put 1 in the number field.

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