Page numbering not updating in book

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November 29, 2022
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I have a document in a book that says it has pages 23 - 30 where as the document only has pages 23 - 27. How can I get the book numbers to update. I have tries Book Update and Format/Documents/Numbering and neither of them are updating it.

Image shows 'Pages: 23 - 30' and the last page shows 27.

Can I be told what I need to do.

Many thanks

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Barb Binder

Community Expert

Hi Paul, and welcome to the community forums. Did you check the footer in that file? Is it using the <$curpagenum> variable on the master page or did someone hand-number the file? (I've seen it before.)

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

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Paul MorrissAuthor

Participating Frequently

Hello Barb,

It is using the <$curpagenum> variable on the master page.

Many thanks

Paul

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mk-will

Community Expert

Hi Paul,

are there pages without the page-numbering variable in that file?

Best

Stephan

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Paul MorrissAuthor

Participating Frequently

No, I have checked that. The only way of getting around this is to delete the document and reinserting it into the book. It then looks correct. I'm sure this is not the way I should be doing it.

Many thanks

Paul