InDesign Booklet Numbering not Updating

[Karen JR]

Hi all,

I've been using InDesign for a while, but this is my first attempt at using the booklet function to compile my design works into different portfolios targeting various fields.

I have different documents created in spreads (see the screenshot below; that's why the pages start with 02 instead of 01), and I want to compile them when needed. I've created a booklet file and tried to update all the numbering from the book panel. However, the numbers are not updated accordingly. Technically, I believe the booklet updating numbering should sync all the page numbers and also the numbered lists I created in the paragraph style throughout the book, but nothing changed when I exported the PDF.

Does anyone have any ideas where I might be going wrong? I'm not sure if it's related to the page number for the design project document starting with 02, but it seems like I cannot update any numbers here.

Karen

[Mike Witherell · Accepted solution]

Make sure that each InDesign document is set to "Automatic Page Numbering" in the numbering and section options. If it is set to "Start Page Numbering at [a specific number]" then that would tend to supersede what the Book file is doing. 

https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/creating-book-files.html

[Karen JR]

Hi Mike,

I see where the issue was.

I guess I need to Allow the Page to Shuffle in order to make each document a spread (without cover page) and not interfering with the Automatic Page Numbering system!

Thank you so much!

Karen