

In the headers we can include the title of the book and possibly the section or chapter name. It is traditional to add headers to the pages in a book. We may need to start a new section at a particular page, and then use the alternative page numbering styles. To achieve this we need to use the Numbering and section Options. The text of the book proper may start after this ‘front-matter’. You may often see page numbers using small Roman Numerals. In a printed book, you will often see different page numbers for the front matter. You will now see the page numbers displayed at the bottom of each of the pages in the document. You can add text before the letter A (this represents the page number itself), such as ‘Page:’ You should style this text block as you prefer.Ĭopy this and paste to the right hand page of ‘A-Master’. With the text cursor in that box, go to the menu: Type>Insert Special Character>Markers>Current Page Number To add page numbers go to the master pages (in this case A-Master) and create a text box at the bottom left of the left hand page. One common use for the Master Pages is to add a header and footer across a range of pages. We can add Master Pages and base one on another, so we effectively create a hierarchy of page attributes. In our document we only have the A-Master and this is applied to all pages in the file. In the image here, the pages panel shows the current pages in a scrolling pane, with the master pages on the top. You can configure the way this displays through the Panel Options from the context menu in the Pages panel. The Pages panel will show you the pages in your document as thumbnails.
