How To Do Page Numbering in Mac Pages

[@tassor]

Fantastic! Thanks and greetings from northern Germany! 👍

[@ProAttique]

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[@macmost]

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[@60beats44]

And I was pretty confident that I knew almost all of the functions in ‘Pages'. I was wrong again. Thanks Gary. And never any messages “from today’s sponsor”.

[@alexandreeisenberg5884]

Excellent! Thank you very much!

[@loisskiathitis8926]

A very useful and informative video tutorial today! Thank you, Gary! 👏🏻❤️

[@williamalgat7125]

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[@johnconstable8512]

i always learn something new and useful with you g. tyvm

[@dsbennett]

I'm making a book and need to divide it into several documents to keep down the file size, so I needed to know how to change the starting page number. Didn't occur to me to go to the Document formatting tab. Thanks a hundert billion!

[@stephenbridges2791]

How cool. The more I watch your videos, the more I realize my Pages skills are sadly lacking. I'll have to bookmark this one.

[@Fakiran56]

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[@moamal5119]

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[@TheBabyCaleb]

TY! Been trying to figure this out forever XD!

[@bevintx5440]

Thanks for another great video. This one got me digging into the documentation to see how those things work on my iPad, because I use Pages mostly on that platform. While doing so, I noticed a slight omission in your presentation. In the video regarding Page layout, you say, “…Blank Layout Template here. So now you just have these blank pages. There's no Header. There's no Footer. There's no BodyText. Nothing. Without Headers and Footers there's no place for your page numbering to go.” However, you omitted telling how to turn on headers and footers in Page layout. Of course omitting that bit of info gave you the opportunity to show us how to use page numbering outside of headers and footers, which I for one do appreciate. Still, perhaps someone might like to see how to add headers and footers to their Page layout document. In macOS Sonoma you can turn on headers and footers in a Page layout document via the Document icon on the toolbar. On iPadOS 17 it’s a little more hidden. Tap on the down arrow next to the file’s name, Document Options, Document Setup.

[@heathergonzalez6890]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!❤

[@marklaurendet1861]

A very nice set of tips

[@Desire_of_Ages]

Thanks for sharing 👍

[@relaxingmusic_sonocalm]

Thank you ! That's really helpful!

[@2024mac]

Great video as always. Please guide us about the topic: how to make personal letter head.

[@macmost]

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[@2024mac]

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[@DarrylMcGinnis-rx5nk]

Thanks Gary.

[@opensource111]

I can’t see the footer box in my document so I could not apply any of these page numbers. Can you tell us how we can change the settings to show these so we can follow the video

[@macmost]

Maybe you are working on a Page Layout document, not a Word Processing one?

[@DarrylMcGinnis-rx5nk]

Hi Gary, Any advice on how to reinstall my macOS X Lion on my erased mid 2011 iMac?

[@macmost]

support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/use-macos-recovery-on-an-intel-based-mac-mchl338cf9a8/mac

[@mahdinouira3261]

since this video about apple_pages i would like to ask undoing "page facing" don't seem to work even if unchecking the tickbox

[@macmost]

I think it does get tricky. May have to change the headers and footers to what you want and also close and open the document again. Experiment and play around.

[@holleran71]

When I add a new section break so I can start page numbers as '1'--- within the new section it doesn't give me the option to click on anything in the "Page Numbering" section---what am I doing wrong?

[@KaisNabli]

Hello Gary from Germany, thank you for your videos. They are always helpful. In the section "Left and Right Facing Pages" you mentioned that we can put th Title of the Book or the Section in the Header or Footer. It doesn´t work for me ... Maybe an advice or Tip for me? Thank you very much. K. N.

[@macmost]

Not sure where you could be going wrong. Try following along with what I show here.

[@KaisNabli]

@@macmost In the Minute 11:36 you said that you can put The Title of the Book for Example. But there is no option to add either the Titel or Section

[@macmost]

@@KaisNabli You just type. Literally type what you want to appear there.

[@KaisNabli]

@@macmost thank you! I thought it will be generated 😊

[@miguellasala5765]

My chapters are separated with section breaks, and I'm having no luck getting my page numbers in the headers. First, my header doesn't have the three sections. I'd like the left page to have number in left corner, and right the opposite corner. Did the section breaks cause all this trouble? I don't want page numbers on first page of each chapter. Not sure any of this is making sense, but when I add page numbers to the header of the first page it will have 2 on second page, then nothing on 3rd, then 2 again on fourth page. Basically I can't figure this out.

[@macmost]

Sorry, I'm not sure what you are experiencing there. Look closely at the settings in the right sidebar for each section for headers, numbering, etc.

[@truthboundpublishing]

I am having trouble with something i hope you can help with: Whenever I put the title in the center header at the top, i also want my page number on the right section of the header. but when i add the page number, the title seems to get cut off and only part of the text is visible. how can this be fixed? Thank you!

[@macmost]

An easy way is to use the left space for the title and the right space for the page number. But if you really want it in the center then it gets more complex. Don't use the center or right one at all. Instead, use only the left one. Then use the Format side bar, "Tabs" section to add a center tab stop and a right tab stop. Then add a tab, then the title, then a tab, then the page number. Adjust the tab stop locations as needed. It gets tricky and it helps if you are already familiar with using tab stops.

[@1208Lotus]

I need your help with inserting numbers starting ix at side 5 please. I have followed your instructions, but when I came to Document- Section and tried to activate "Start at" or "Continue from previous section" none of them are active?? So I cant get any further. Can you help me out? I am using Pages 11.1 om at Mac 10.15.7

[@macmost]

Are you perhaps working with a Page Layout document, not a Word Processing document?

[@1208Lotus]

@ yes I am working in a Page Document, if I understand your answer right

[@1208Lotus]

Or a Page Layout 😁

[@macmost]

@@1208Lotus Right, so a "Page Layout" document? If so, then page numbering doesn't work like that. I mention that in the video. With Page Layout mode, you would just put a text box with the page number in it on the page. Manually, in other words. It is not meant for creating books or reports, but things like posters, signs, newsletters, etc.

[@1208Lotus]

@ thank you very much!! Then I wouldn’t waste any more of my time trying to find out what is not possible 😁

[@bevintx5440]

I have a question about Pages on iOS/iPadOS. Is there a way in which to prevent auto saving of documents? Currently I’m duplicating diocuments before editing them because I haven’t find a way to exit a document without saving it. Yes, I know there is versioning when files are stored on iCloud, but I don’t use iCloud.

[@macmost]

I don't understand your issue. Why are you duplicating documents? What's the purpose of that?

[@bevintx5440]

@@macmost if I radically mess up a document then I want an original copy of it. That’s the only way in chich I’ve found to get around not being able to close a document without saving it.

[@macmost]

@@bevintx5440 You don't need to duplicate the file to do that. See support.apple.com/guide/pages-ipad/restore-an-earlier-version-of-a-document-tan7f1de6ec5/ipados

[@bevintx5440]

@@macmost As I mentioned, l keep my files on my iPad, not on iCloud, where I would have to pay extra, So my only solution has been to duplicate files before doing numerous edits. If I’m only going to do a few edits then I can undo them.

[@macmost]

@@bevintx5440 That's a shame as it seems like iCloud Drive is offering the exact feature you want.

[@DarrylMcGinnis-rx5nk]

I can get to recovery mode, however when I try using any of the three methods “ command r “ etc, I can only get so far and then it will give me the error message.

[@macmost]

What error message? What does this have to do with Page numbering?

[@DarrylMcGinnis-rx5nk]

Sorry Gary, This has nothing to do with page numbering or any thing that you have posted to KZbin. I have accidentally erased all information on my mid 2011 iMac including the operating system and cannot seem to reinstall it using any of the recommended methods Command-R, Shift-Command-R or Option-Shift-Command-R. I can get to the macOS Lion screen in recovery, but I always get an error message. I’ve followed all the instructions that I can find to troubleshoot it, but still no luck. Anything you could suggest would be appreciated. I own a 2023 14” MacBook Pro M3 Pro also and really just want the iMac as external display.

[@macmost]

Call Apple Support. Sounds like you need one-on-one help.

[@ahmed_mahrouky]

thumbs up

[@DarrylMcGinnis-rx5nk]

I accidentally erased my hard drive and cannot seem to get it to download via internet connection. It always comes up with an error message.

[@macmost]

You seem to be posting questions about this as individual comments at the top level (not a thread) to a video that has nothing to do with it. If you need help resetting your Mac, contact Apple Support for direct one-on-one help. They will walk you through it.

[@sarthakverma9024]

can't add section break

[@macmost]

Where are you trying to add it? In the Body text? What happens when you try?

[@sarthakverma9024]

@ its greyed out

[@macmost]

@@sarthakverma9024 In body text though? Is the text cursor currently blinking in the Body text?

[@sarthakverma9024]

@@macmost thank you sir , its done now😀

[@DarrylMcGinnis-rx5nk]

Gary, Maybe I should clarify this, there is absolutely no macOS or any other software etc on the iMac. At some point I must have deleted everything 😢

[@macmost]

I'm missing some context here. Not sure what you are referring to.

[@2024mac]

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[@macmost]

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[@garyhowland2369]

I listened to 4/5 of this trying to find out how to number pages with page #1 AFTER my cover page... came up empty. Frustrating. I love your videos and generally they're really helpful, but sometimes I just can't find the answer I need.

[@macmost]

So you want the first page with no page number, and the second page to be page 1. I show how to do that starting at 8:03.