On 10/11/2012 10:52 AM, Mary Moore wrote: > Hello, > > I too have had problems with page numbering. I have used scribus for 2 > novels. This first I was very new to scribus for the first novel so it was > really trial and error. I have just finished a second book for 383 pages. > I think i had to create about a dozen master pages. I too had problems > when I inserted pages where I did not want page numbers to appear. This > threw off my master pages and the odd master was on the even and vice versa. > > While I could insert double blank pages, it causes the book to look > uneven. ie why is there a blank page all of a sudden. Plus a commercial > printer charges per page so it also cost me money. > > I really like scribus overall but admit this has been a real issue for me. >
It seems like the problem should be simpler than this. It's not that difficult, for example to have introductory material with a Roman numeral system, then start Arabic numerals somewhere later with page 1. If you don't want a page number, then a Master Page without it should be possible (and you can always superimpose a frame with a white background over the number so it's not visible), so that's only maybe 3 or 4 different MP's. A dozen seems more than necessary for a novel. Greg
