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Hello, I'm pretty new to InDesign and I can't seem to fix my page number issue. At first a few page numbers were missing. I tried to follow a few videos and couldn't fix the issue. Now I have opened my book and all the numbers are missing. I don't understand how to fix it. I've tried everything.
Thankyou for any help
julie
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Can you please elaborate:
-What versions of InDesign and the operating system are you using?
-Where exactly your page numbers are missing? And how were they entered? Please supply screenshots as well as any other info that helps understand the issue.
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When you state "book" do you mean InDesign's book feature where you assemble several InDesign documents?
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Hi Derek, no, its a book ive created.
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Page numbers are
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Hi Julie:
Page numbers are added to the parent pages. As a default, a new InDesign document applies A-Parent to all of the body pages so adding page numbers to A-Parent will immediately add the page numbers to all of the body pages.
There are a few reasons why you may not see them:
Without more information from you, we can't possibly figure out which of the scenarios you're dealing with. Feel free to come back with more information and screenshots that include the pages panel and we can help you figure it out.
~Barb
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A few page number were missing now all of them.
Thankyou so much.
Apreciate it very much.
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A few page number were missing now all of them.
By @Julie37053988lquw
First, update to the current version of InDesign, InDesign 2024, v19.5 (although it's unlikely to be related to your question). InDesign 2024 is supported on Big Sur. Just make sure to install it without removing your existing version 17.x (as if you remove it, you won't be able to install this old version again).
Also, can you indicate on your screenshots where the page numbers are supposed to be? As well as the way you initially entered them. For example, do you still have the text frames that originally held the page numbers? Or did they disappear entirely?
In any case, @Barb Binder has already provided detailed instructions on how to add page numbers in InDesign.
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Hi Julie:
Thank you for coming back with your screenshots. Looking at that first one which shows the A-Parent, I don't see any page numbers. Keep in mind they're pretty small so perhaps they're there and I simply can't see them.
Let's try two things. Save your file before you start, or even better work on a copy of the file:
See https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/parent-pages.html.
~Barb