Change Default page numbering from Roman Numerals to Arabic

Question

When adding sections to an InDesign doc the page numbering palette defaults to Roman numerals rather than Arabic. How can the default be changed to Arabic?

rob day · Accepted Answer

Thanks for this, Rob. The script is now in the script panel, and I created a new InDesign doc with page numbering beginning with Roman numerals. Am I right in thinking that creating Book rather than Document is how the script comes into play? I've actually never worked with Book--we only create single documents of anywhere from 48 to 520 (or more pages)--it could be that the "Book" approach is more efficient but we've just never felt a need to go there--docs work just fine. Regardless, is the script you supplied intended only to work with the book environment?--it doesn't seem to have any effect on an individual document.

No, the script only works with the active page of the current document. All it does is create a new section starting at the currently active page with the numbering set to Arabic. It’s not that much of a time saver—just skips the need to open the Numbering & Sections Options... dialog

Mike Witherell · Answer

It seems to default to whatever the very first section marker was set to.

If early on in building the document, you set the first section marker to roman numerals, then that is what it bounces back to at default. The answer is in whatever the very first one is set to, unless you are also stating the all new documents are coming up roman numerals?

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