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Prenihility
Prenihility
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January 29, 2018
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InDesign CS6 Page Section Markers

  • January 29, 2018
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I'm working on a 14 page document, and I started the numbering on my index. The first two pages have what seems to be section markers. They show "A" on the first page and "B" on the second page.

I can't for the life of me, get rid of these! I go into numbering and section options when i click on one of those individual pages in the pages panel and "Start Section" is checked on and greyed out! I can't do anything.

How can I fix this?

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andy_white
Participating Frequently
February 22, 2018

If you don't want page numbering on the first two pages you can apply the 'None' master page to them.

As you've only got '1' type of master page spread and you've put the 'Current page number' on  this, it will be applied to all you pages.

If you have other items on your master pages apart from the pages numbers that need to be applied to the first two pages you can duplicate your current master pages, remove the pages numbers from the new masters and apply that to pages 1 & 2.

Hope this makes sense.

rob day
Community Expert
rob dayCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 22, 2018

As you've only got '1' type of master page spread and you've put the 'Current page number' on  this, it will be applied to all you pages.

But you can change the format of the number via Numbering & Sections—1,2,3; A,B,C; i,ii,iii; etc even when there's just one master.

Prenihility has two sections, one starting on absolute page 1 and the other starting on page 3. Looks like section 1 is set to a,b,c

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    andy_white
    Participating Frequently
    February 22, 2018

    Yes, but in the original post Pren doesn't want to change them they want to get rid of them.

    Changing them to any other format will not solve her problem only change the format in which they are displayed.

    If they want to manually delete them they can also Cmd+shift (mac) select them and delete them.

      Prenihility
      PrenihilityAuthor
      Known Participant
      February 21, 2018

      Ok. So the my document is set up so the first 2 pages are skipped in regards to numbering. Numbering starts on my index page (table of contents). That's where it actually says "1" on the bottom right of the page. On the page before it in the second screenshot you can see it says "b". On the official "first" page of the document it says "a".

      The way i set up page numbering in this document was basically how I was taught. Create two text frames in both of your master pages. And just select one of them - enter it - highlight the space inside - Insert Special Character - Marker - Current Page Number.

      I believe this is called a section marker? I did nothing to make this appear. I started a fresh document with multiple pages to reproduce this problem and it happens 100% of the time.

      As for some of the proposed solutions. I have no idea how to bring up the Generate Index dialog box. As far as the nomenclature of what these things are, i guess they are Section Markers. But how they came to be. I have no idea.

      rob day
      Community Expert
      rob dayCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 21, 2018

      That's where it actually says "1" on the bottom right of the page. On the page before it in the second screenshot you can see it says "b". On the official "first" page of the document it says "a".

      With page 1 in the Pages panel selected, open Numbering & Section Options from the Pages flyout menu and check the Style dropdown selection

      Om Nath Jha
      Om Nath Jha
      Legend
      February 19, 2018

      Hi prenihility,

      Were you able to resolve the issue? If not, please check the above suggestions and report.

      Regards,

      Om

      Barb Binder
      Community Expert
      Barb BinderCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      January 30, 2018

      Hi Prenihility:

      I'm unclear on the question as well. Are you referring to master pages as per Rob^^ or the section heads that appear automatically above each section?

      If the latter, click on More Options in the Generate Index dialog box (where mine says Fewer Options) and uncheck Include Index Section Heads. Click ok.

      If we both misunderstood the question, please come back with a more precise description and perhaps a few screen shots. We can't help if we don't understand.

      ~Barb

      ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
      rob day
      Community Expert
      rob dayCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      January 29, 2018

      Can you show us a screen capture?

      Do you mean you are setting Current Page Marker glyphs on the masters, or are the pages in the Pages panel marked with an A & B? Like this:

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