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Granted, I'm not a professional production person but have used Pgmkr since 3.0 and have up converted to InDesign.
I have a small, 76 page book I created in Pagemaker. I now have it in InDesign. One of the little things I haven't been able to figure out is page numbering, without counting the covers. Right now, the front cover is page 1. Is there a way to do that or do I need to consider the covers as a separate document?
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Ty Ford

> Right now, the front cover is page 1. Is there a way to do that...
Uh, do what? Make the front cover page 1? It's done, isn't it?
Or do you want to make another page Page 1? Right-click on that page in the Pages palette and choose Numbering and Section Options.
Your help files will tell you his. Also, forum etiquette is that you sate the version number of software you are asking about. We can't help you if you don't tell us what you have.

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