Page Number Change dialog

Dorico Pro Help

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Dorico Pro
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5.1
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The Page Number Change dialog allows you to change the page numbers shown on existing pages in each layout, including hiding page numbers or showing them with different numbering.

You can open the Page Number Change dialog in Engrave mode when a page is selected in the Pages section of the Pages panel in any of the following ways:

  • Right-click in the Pages section and choose Insert Page Number Change from the context menu.

  • Click Insert Page Number Change .

Page Number Change dialog

The Page Number Change dialog contains the following options:

From page

Allows you to select the page from which you want to change page numbers. The number indicates its position within the layout.

The Displayed preview shows how the page number of the selected page currently appears. If you have inserted page number changes in the layout, the displayed page number might be different to the underlying page number.

First page number

Allows you to specify the new page number you want for the selected page. Subsequent pages follow the new sequence until the next page number change or end of the project.

Sequence type

Allows you to select the type of number that the selected page and subsequent pages have. The page number sequence type can be Number, such as 5 and 19, or Roman numeral, such as iii and iv.

Visibility

Allows you to specify if a page number is hidden or shown. You can additionally specify that the page number is also hidden on the page where the page number change occurs; for example, to hide page numbers on introductory pages.

Subordinate number type

Allows you to add a subordinate number to the page number and to specify a type.

Subordinate number

Allows you to specify the number from which you want the subordinate numbers to start.

When you insert page number changes, a purple marking is shown in the bottom right corner of the page in the Pages section of the Pages panel. The new page number is also shown in each page in the Pages section of the Pages panel, in the appropriate numeral style.