First page different from second page numbering

Pages provides the option to hide the header and footer on the first page of a section. The page still has a number, but it is not displayed in either the header or the footer of the first page of the section, as the header and footer are hidden on that page.

Replace the hidden footer on that page with a text box in which you have entered the page number (requires editing whenever the number of pages above that location has changed) or Insert (menu) > Page Number in the text box (Changes automatically if the page number changes).

Regards,

Barry

In section formatting you can choose whether to continue the numbering or start with a new number.

So check your sections first (in thumbnails) and the check each section to be sure you have set the numbering to be continuous from the preceding section.

Perhaps you aren't realizing exactly which section a page belongs to.

The following is how I did it using Pages '09 v4.3. I assume you have a later version of Pages, but the concepts are the same.

You might want to duplicate your document and practice with it before altering the

original.

Note: “Use previous headers & footers” in my version of Pages is the same as “Match previous section” in later versions of Pages.

1) It would be helpful to click View > Page Thumbnails and click View > Show Invisibles.

2) On the Document tab of the Document inspector, select Headers and select Footers. You might need to adjust the top and bottom margins.

3) Assuming your document is contained in one section, click anywhere in your document and deselect (uncheck)

“Use previous headers & footers” on the Section tab of the Layout inspector. Thus, every page in your document will have

“Use previous headers & footers” deselected.

4) Break your document’s pages into sections so that the first page of each chapter will be in its own section and the

following pages of each chapter will be in their own section: Starting with the

first chapter, put the insertion point at the end of the first page of each chapter and click Insert > Section Break, and put the insertion point at the end of the last page of each chapter and click Insert > Section Break. You

might not need to insert a section break at the end of the last page of the last chapter.

5) Working with one chapter first-page at a time, click in the footer on the first page of each chapter (it doesn’t matter which chapter you start with) and then click Insert > Page Number. The proper sequential number will appear in the

footer on that page. Keep going until all the chapter first-page footers have numbers.

6) Working with one chapter second page at a time, click in the header on the

second page of each chapter (it doesn’t matter which chapter you start with) and

then click Insert > Page Number. The proper sequential number will appear in all

the headers of the following pages in that chapter.