Skip page numbering?

Hi,
I am trying to skip page numbering in InDesign. I have been looking everywhere and cannot get an answer! How do I insert (or have) pages throughout the document that do not coincide with the page numbers? I know there is a way. Please help!
Fin

I think you might need to go into a bit more detail - I'm not sure what you're trying to achieve, so I don't know what to suggest. If I have to build a document where every other page is skipped, I:
1) Make a raw text file with sequential numbers
2) Make a story of tiny linked frames in the lower-right-hand corner
3) Place the text file
This creates pages with right-hand-only page numbering.
If you need only occasional un-numbered pages, you could to pull it off with this technique, or I think you might be able to do it with sections, but I am uncertain, never having had to build anything of the sort.
If neither of these cases applies to you, perhaps you could go into a bit more detail and someone will have a solution that is a better fit for your case.

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