Page Numbers Don't Match

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February 26, 2025
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Greetings! I created a spread with A-Parent master pages, two pages facing. On the Parent pages I placed page number markers on both pages, and the "A" marker appeared fine. In Document Setup, my Start Page # is spec'd as 2, Facing Pages is checked. Within the Pages panel, the numbers "2-3" appear below the facing page thumbnails. On the actual spread in the workspace, the page numbers show as 1 and 2. Any ideas?

Thanx,

Jay

Barb Binder

Community Expert

Hi Jay:

20.01 is an early release of InDesign 2025. Can you update to 20.1 and see if it does the same thing? That's what I was using for testing.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

Barb Binder

Community Expert

I did it both ways, couldn't replicate it.

But that it happened to multiple students could point to a bug.

What InDesign version and OS?

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

J

jay_9092Author

Participating Frequently

We're using Windows 11 and InDesign 20.01x64.

Barb Binder

Community Expert

Thanks, Jay:

The issue I showed was caused by absolute numbering enabled in preferences. I've tried every combination I can think of and I cannot re-create what you are showing us.

My only other idea is just to take a quick look at your section and remembering properties dialog box. If you double click the little triangle above page 2 in the Page panel, it will open up. Can you share that screenshot? And please share the InDesign version and OS version. Actually, if you make a new file, does it happen again?

If the answer isn't obvious after that, then either there's corruption (unlikely in a new file) or somebody else needs to step in and continue the troubleshooting because I'm out of ideas. There are a bunch of us here, and all the Adobe Community Experts are very knowledgeable. One of them will recognize what I must be overlooking.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

J

jay_9092Author

Participating Frequently

Thanks for looking into this. It actually happened many times...I teach InDesign to high schoolers and a classful of students all had the same results. In an example I showed, I created a spread with two facing pages beginning with page 1. The pages displayed offset. I reopened the Numbering and Section box, changed Start Page Numbering at to 2, and then the pages faced each other and the page numbers displayed properly. Do the pages need to be created offset first and then adjusted, or can they not just be created facing (side-by-side) to begin with? I'm using Windows 11 and InDesign 20.01x64.

Barb Binder

Community Expert

The opposite of this, right? Can you share a similar screen shot?

~Barb