Writing in Pagemaker 6.5

[malleebull]

Hi everybody

Can somebody help me please. I am having trouble finding out how to separate the number for the the table of contents, and the rest oif the book. I have already got the TOC and the rest of the book, but when it comes to having the number separate, it will not do it. I want the TOC to be a, and then from the first chapter I want to have numerals.

I have followed the steps implicitly, but when I put in the command to restart numbering at page thirteen, the beginning of the book shift s to page thirteen.

This is driving me crazy.

 

[Eggles]

Pagemaker can only start numbering from the first page in a document. However, the page numbering can start at any number you nominate.

So if you want the first few pages to have another numbering system, then you have to make that section into a separate file. Each chapter can be set up to be a separate file (makes it faster to work in as each file is then much smaller) and the numbering you apply can start at whatever number you want - from the FIRST page of that file.

At the completion, you can combiune all the files into one using the 'Book' function (NOT the 'Build Booklet' plugin).

So say you had four chapters, each of 20 pages, and a front section with a different numbering system, such as lower case roman numerals (i, ii, iii, iv, v).

You could set up five PM files. The first you would number from i to v, the second from 1 to 20, the third from 21 to 40 etc. At the end, combine them all using the Book function and each would have its numbering preserved.

Another alternative, if you already have your whole book assembled, is to place what would normally be the front section at the END of the PM doc, and turn off the MP page numbering and manually apply the different numbering system. This only should be used if the book is to be printed in-house, and not commercially printed.

If the PM doc is to be converted to PDF (say for commercial printing) then you can PDF each PM file and then combine them in Acrobat in the right order.

 

[malleebull]

Hi eggles
Thankyou very much. As the saying goes I can now see the light of day, you have been a great help.

Regards
Mallee