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Page numbers
Page numbers are used to give each page a unique number, and indicate its position relative to
other pages. Just as in newspapers and books, musical scores and parts use page numbers to
make sure the music stays in the correct order.
Because you can have multiple ows in a single project in Dorico Elements, you do not need to
change page numbers manually in most cases. However, if you have separate les that together
make up a single piece, page number changes are necessary to make sure the page numbers
continue seamlessly from movement to movement.
In such cases, you can change the default page numbers. For example, if you want to have four
pages of front matter before the rst page of music in the score, but you want the rst page of
music in the score to be shown as page 1, you can insert a page number change on the rst page
of music.
Page numbers are layout-specic in Dorico Elements, meaning you can change the page
numbers in each layout independently. For example, you can change the page numbers in the
score but show the default page numbers in the parts.
Page numbers in Dorico Elements use a text token to ensure the number is correct.
NOTE
You must have a text frame containing the page number token on every page on which you want
page numbers to be shown.
The default master pages contain text frames with page number tokens. You can change the
position of page number text frames in the master page editor, which changes the position of
page numbers on all pages that use that master page. You can also move page number text
frames on individual pages.
You can also change the type of number used to show page numbers in each layout. For
example, if you want the front matter to use Roman numerals but the music pages to use Arabic
numerals, you can change the type of number together with the page number.
RELATED LINKS
Text tokens on page 397
Changing the page number numeral style
Page numbers can appear as Arabic or Roman numerals. You can change the numeral style of
page numbers in each layout independently.
PROCEDURE
1.
Press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-L to open Layout Options.
2.
In the Layouts list, select the layouts whose page number numeral style you want to change.
By default, the layout currently open in the music area is selected when you open the dialog.
You can select other layouts by using the selection options in the action bar,
Shift -clicking
adjacent layouts, and Ctrl/Cmd -clicking individual layouts.
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