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mariannes708574
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April 18, 2018
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Having previous, current and next page number on the same page

  • April 18, 2018
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Hello !

So I know how to have the previous page number and the current on the same page (using invisible threaded text box) but I was wondering if there was a way to have the three numbers on the same page : previous - current - next. I can't seem to figure out how to have the next page number when I'm on the right page of the master, ie : page 3 would read as follow : 2 - 3 - 4.

Anyone has any idea how can I sort this out ?

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    Correct answer Laubender

    Hi Marianne,

    previous and next page special characters depict the names of the pages of text frames of a threaded story.

    Previous Page means: Page name of the previous text frame of the the same story.

    Next Page means: Page name of the next text frame of story.

    That means you have to have a threaded story throughout of your document to do what you want.

    Here a schema where I added the special characters for Current Page and Next Page on page 1.

    Previous Page, Current Page and Next Page on every other page but the last one in the document:

    The paragraph formatting will force every single paragraph to a new frame on the next page.

    From my German InDesign where I set the start of the paragraph to Next Page:

    Regards,
    Uwe

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    LaubenderCorrect answer
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    May 15, 2018

    Hi Marianne,

    previous and next page special characters depict the names of the pages of text frames of a threaded story.

    Previous Page means: Page name of the previous text frame of the the same story.

    Next Page means: Page name of the next text frame of story.

    That means you have to have a threaded story throughout of your document to do what you want.

    Here a schema where I added the special characters for Current Page and Next Page on page 1.

    Previous Page, Current Page and Next Page on every other page but the last one in the document:

    The paragraph formatting will force every single paragraph to a new frame on the next page.

    From my German InDesign where I set the start of the paragraph to Next Page:

    Regards,
    Uwe

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