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• • July 29, 2013 at 6:55 am #34430
    Arne Vermeulen

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    Hi, i’m currently working on an educational English book used in Dutch schools.
    I didn’t do the initial lay-out, i’m just doing the corrections.
    In the footer there is a page number as digit, but also as text: 219 – two hundred and nineteen.

    Now the author decides to delete 2 pages in the middle of this book that counts 420 pages :-/
    No problem for the automatic page numbers as digits, but the page numbering as text was just placed manually on each page?
    So i have to adjust this manually to :-(

    Is there a way to automate this kind of page numbering as text?
    Or does anyone know a fast way to insert such a kind of page numbering?
    I would maybe place a threaded text frame for the page numbering as text, linked to an excel-file with the text in it.

    regards
    Arne

  • July 29, 2013 at 7:00 am #34456
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    This is why the cross-references feature is so helpful! But of course if you have not used the cross-references feature, then you will have to adjust it manually, or with this script:
    https://creativepro.com/free-script-to-change-all-numbers-in-a-document-using-math.php

  • July 29, 2013 at 8:16 am #34464
    Theunis De Jong

    Member

    Would it not be easier (= less work ;-) to *remove* the manually entered page number and replace them with the regular Page Number code? You only have to copy the Page Number Here code once; then you can paste it on every page.

    (Technically better would be to entirely remove the old page number text frames, and create them a-new on the original master pages. But that may interfere with other pages as well.)

  • July 29, 2013 at 9:06 am #34466
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    Ah, Jongware, I see… maybe I misunderstood what this person is asking for.

    @puurprint: What do you mean by “page numbers as text”? Can you give an example?

    • July 29, 2013 at 10:24 am #34469
      Theunis De Jong

      Member

      David: puurprint wrote “No problem for the automatic page numbers as digits, but the page numbering as text was just placed manually on each page?”

      I interpreted this as, “wot, this software has no automatic page numbering like Word does? oh well, let’s see what is easier: look in the Help or type them all…” :-D

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