Continuing Pagination Problems

Winfried, in the first ¶ I wrote «Formatting for "Top of page" checked» - which means that there are no such paragraph settings which would force the first page to a right page. I have generally no such page dependency in 1-x-headings - but 0chapter-title has this setting. This format is used only in the first of the 10 files where it can not do any harm.

But yes, this feature is an often forgotten 'influencer'.

Aahrg, I have the same problem now and there a no "FrameMaker Gods have decided to smile upon you".

I have a book with 10 files, some have even, some odd number of pages: 1: even 2: even 3: odd 4: even 5: even 6:odd 7:odd 8:odd 9:even 10:even; Formatting for "Top of page" checked.

1. In the book I select all files and apply Numbering for the page #: Continue from precious file in book.
2. After updating the book for the numbering I see that there are addional empty pages - all files have now even pages
3. In the book I select all files and apply Pagination: Double sided, read from file, Delete Empty Pages
4. As soon as I Set this, for all but the first file I get an error message Page Layout Warning:
   I use Remove Overrides and Continue
5. But t he page numbering is wrong now, as it is still that after step 2 resulting in addional empty page.
6. Second update of the book: Again empty pages were added to the files with odd number of pages.

I decide to MIF wash all files and creatae a new book

1. After setting up the book I update it and again get the Pagination error messag for all but the first file.
2. No added empty pages, but wrong page numbering (assuming the empty pages)
3. Update book (just the numbering)
4. Empty pages are back ...
5. I give up  hoping that continuing work will fill the empty pages with something...

Check also Paragraph Formats for initial content (usually heading) to see if any are coded for Start: Top of X Page.

Is there a doc that's behaving? Maybe you could import the Master Page from it to the one that's misbehaving?

Because you've got a Master Page assigned to it that tells it to never have an even number?

Is the doc set up to always have even or odd pages/left or right ones? That's usually the cause of reappearing pages that stubbornly refuse to go away...