2019

DOCUMENT CONSTRUCTION
372 | A Guide to QuarkXPress 2019
Controlling page numbers
If your chapters have sections (Page > Section) when you add them to a book, the
sections and page numbers are maintained. For example, each chapter in a book
might be a new section. If your chapters do not have sections, QuarkXPress assigns
sequential page numbers to the chapters in a book. For example, if the first chapter
in a book is 10 pages long, the second chapter starts on page 11.
You can add and remove sections to change the page numbering of a book. If a
document page has an automatic page number character on it, that page will
display the appropriate page number.
Working with sectioned chapters
If a chapter contains a section start, the section page numbering remains in effect
throughout the book until QuarkXPress encounters a new section start. For
example, when the first chapter in a book is a section with a page number prefix of
“A” all the pages in following chapters will have the “A” prefix until QuarkXPress
encounters a new section. In this example, the second chapter might be a new
section with a “B” prefix.
You can add, change, and delete sections in book chapters at any time (Page >
Section). If you remove all the sections from all the chapters in a book, the book
will revert to sequential page numbering.
To view chapter page numbers in the Book palette, you must use automatic page 
numbering.
Working with nonsectioned chapters
If chapters do not have sections, QuarkXPress creates a “book chapter start” for the
first page of each chapter. A book chapter start tells a chapter to begin its page
numbering after the last page of the previous chapter. To override a book chapter
start and create a section, open the chapter and choose Page > Section. When you
add pages to a chapter, reorder chapters, or remove chapters, subsequent pages and
chapters will be numbered according to this section start.
For output chapter pages to accurately reflect the page numbering of the book, page 
numbers should be placed using the Current Page Number character.
Any user who opens a book can add, reorder, and delete chapters. The user can also
add sections to chapters to override the sequential page numbering or synchronize
chapters. You may want to assign these tasks to one user (such as the editor) and ask
other users to simply open and close chapters through the palette.
If you open a chapter outside of its associated QuarkXPress book (meaning that you
didn’t use the Book palette to open it), the page numbers may temporarily change.
If the chapter contains book chapter starts, which automatically update page
numbers across chapters, then the chapter will begin on page number 1 while you
are editing outside the book. When you reopen the chapter using the Book palette,
the page numbers will automatically update. If the chapter contains regular section
starts, then the page numbers will not be affected when editing outside the book.