Page number prefixes in pages panel?

Is it possible to add a prefix to the page that appears in the pages panel (and not just on the page itself)? For example, in quark I can add 'C' before the first page so that the page layout panel shows the first page as C1 for cover 1. I can't find anything that seems to do this, but I'm probably missing something. CS3 if it matters. Thanks for any help.

If you use Different Master Pages.
You can then right click the master page in the pages panel and change the Prefix to whatever you want.
It appears at the top of the page in the pages panel, not at the bottom in page number.
I usually prefix my table of contents master pages with TOC, which appears at the top of the page and is a great visual reference to what page I'm clicking on.

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