
Auto Page Numbering is set up on your master pages. I didn’t know the answer then and I don’t know it… And then it hits me. The InDesign Layers palette works just like it does in PhotoShop or Illustrator, and can easily solve the problem of disappearing page numbering. I search the site and find that it is only someone’s cry for help with a question with no answer. I am angry, but I remember someone writing about this in some blog post or forum post or something. The problem with that, of course, is that if the page numbers change before the. Note: To work on the master of all subsequent left pages, select the left page next to A-Master. The document you are now working on is the master for the title page. That way, the page becomes a new Section, and you can control the page numbering manually. In the top right corner, click the pages box, and highlight the white rectangle next to None. I found your page, then checked the Preferences for Ch 5, and Page Numbering was not set to Absolute. For some strange reason Ch 5 insisted on starting the page number at 1. Then in the Book Panel I setup the page numbers for Ch2-22 to be Automatic. So why are all these page numbers wrong? They’re wrong in the panel and they’re wrong in the chapters. Two solutions come to mind: First, you could select the page that follows the divider, choose Layout > Numbering & Section Options, and turn on Start Page Numbering At. I just loaded 22 chapters (all blank duplicates, except for the first) to setup my Book. I have made sure that each and every chapter is set up to automatically follow the page numbering of the previous one (except the cover and the one that is supposed to start as arabic numeral 1, of course).
#ADOBE INDESIGN CC 2015 MASTER PAGE NUMBERS NOT SHOWING UPDATE#
I have selected Update All Numbers from the Book panel menu. I have Automatically Update Page & Section Numbers selected in the Book Page Numbering Options dialog box. The problem in the above book panel is that each chapter starts on page 1. Let’s just focus on the head-banging-against-the-wall problem here.

I have two masters that are simple backgrounds. Some of my master pages are not showing up - most pages are fine. I'm about an hour from finishing a 160-page book and InDesign has suddenly thrown me two curve balls. This in no way constitutes a promise of any awesome content that will soon be available in our ebook store. Problems with InDesign display - master pages and page items. Today’s fun-with-stupid-bugs session started when the page numbers would not update properly throughout a book panel.įirst of all, the image above should not be considered a sneak peek or announcement of any potential eBook that we may be publishing in the near future from InDesignSecrets. It’s such a curious feeling - that mixture of wanting to jump in the air for joy and also wanting to pound the wall with one’s fist to release the built-up frustration, after troubleshooting a weird problem for almost an hour.
