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BrunoSouth
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January 10, 2017
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Auto page numbering, not working with tutorials.

  • January 10, 2017
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Hi I am new with Indesign. I installed yesterday. I am trying to make a booklet to deliver for my thesis.

I already saw few videos related to the creation of auto-numbering. Applying the page number to the Master.

I can not manage to solve it. My following pages are not changing at all.

Will you help me ? Can I upload my file ?

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    Correct answer Barb Binder

    Are you:

    1. Navigating to the master pages;
    2. Drawing a text frame with the Type tool (the T) to hold the page number marker;
    3. Selecting Type > Insert Special Character > Marker > Current Page Number to insert the marker (usually the letter A); and
    4. Navigating back to the body pages to see the resulting page number?

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    Barb Binder
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    Barb BinderCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    January 10, 2017

    Are you:

    1. Navigating to the master pages;
    2. Drawing a text frame with the Type tool (the T) to hold the page number marker;
    3. Selecting Type > Insert Special Character > Marker > Current Page Number to insert the marker (usually the letter A); and
    4. Navigating back to the body pages to see the resulting page number?
    ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
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    Loke5CC9
    Participating Frequently
    March 28, 2021

    Hi, would really appreciate if can help. At Step 3, my Adobe InDesign Shows the letter "1" instead of "A". And for some reason it doesnt update to other Master Pages.....Which means I have to manually copy and paste the Text Box on each page. Is there a way to solve this or any workaround ? Would really appreciate it can help, thanks.

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      Clayowen
      Participant
      October 21, 2022

      For future people searching this issue, I had the same problem and the cause was I was adding the "Current Page Number" to my first page instead of the "Parent Page" which can be found at the top of the "Pages" panel/window.

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