Page numbering like: "Page X of X" -- is this possible?

[Biz_Notch@adobeforums.com]

I figure this has been asked and answered but was unable to find a similar post, so I thought I might re-ask.

Is there any way to have InDesign display page numbers that shows current page out of total pages. I'd like to display a "Page 1 of 25", "Page 2 of 25", etc, etc, etc... in the bottom of my doc and I haven't found a way to do this apart from doing it manually.

Can this be done? Or is there an addon script (for Windows, InDesign CS) that can do this well?? Or am I basically out of options until this is added as a new feature??

[Biz_Notch@adobeforums.com]

Bob,

I actually ended up finding a few old posts with the same question about 2 mins after I posted mine.

I may adopt the "Post It" method for this issue, where I stick a large, yellow post it on my monitor that says, "Update total pages number!!!"

Strange, this seems like a fairly easy thing to implement in InDesign. It could be a similar kind of field to Auto Page Number, but instead just be, "Total Pages". Maybe for CS 2.0....

[Gabriel_Ayala@adobeforums.com]

CS 2.0?

See now I'm confused. I thought we were still going to go with the CS 4.0 naming convention.

You should add this to Page X of X to the wish list.

[Scott_Falkner@adobeforums.com]

I said it before in another section: The CS naming will turn around and bite Adobe in the ass.

[Gabriel_Ayala@adobeforums.com]

Laughing my @55 off! :D :D

[MeditDesigner]

Actually, this would be a very useful feature for research journal publishing.

Research journals ALWAYS specify at the start of each article, its first and last page, say: pp: 234-242. (Incidentally, this info is also always required when you cite a reference.)

I design a university medical journal. Each paper is an individual IDCS file, which I stitch together as a book. The first page number is automatically updated, being the current page, but I need to type in the last page manually. The Editorial Board often asks me to shuffle the order of articles before an issue goes to press, and then the manually typed last pages become incorrect, which have to be redone manually. Once or twice I caught the error almost too late, before the papers went to press. Since I am the only one doing everything—even editing papers--these things are easy to miss. I really wish this as a feature in the future releases of InDesign.

It would be wonderful to have a script for this!

MeditDesigner

[Unregistered]

How I do it in CS5:
1: make a text frame on 1st page, and insert Current page number in it. Make it unprintable or leave most of it out of page, so it does not show in final print/PDF/whatever.
2. Define and apply unique paragraph style to that text (say, 1ST_PAGENO)
3. Define text variable of 'Running header' type, and use style 1ST_PAGENO. Name it, say, 1ST_P
4. Define another variable, this time of type 'Last page number'. Name it LST_P. (Watch the scope.)
5. In header/footer, use something like this: Title: (<1ST_P>-<LST_P>)
Voila.