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: How to have a section start on an odd page _and_ number the page with a prefix starting again at 1? I've set up a paragraph format section, which starts on the next odd page. Additionally,

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I've set up a paragraph format section, which starts on the next odd page. Additionally, I would like the page number to be prefixed by the section number and starting again at 1, i.e. page numbers would be something like

1-1 # section 1
1-2
1-3
1-4 # might be an empty page automatically inserted
2-1 # section 2
2-2
3-1 # section 3


Unfortunately, when I set up the page number to start again at 1 (and set the prefix to the section number), the "start on next odd page" automatism basically breaks, since I "defined" the page to be odd, despite the physical page possibly being even, i.e. in the example above, the empty page 1-4 gets skipped and 2-1 directly follows after 1-3 unless I manually add an empty even page, which is tedious and I might actually forget to do so when appending to that section such that e.g. 1-5 is also added automatically.

How can this be fixed? Maybe there is an easer way to have (automatically?) prefixed page numbers while making sure sections start on physically odd pages?

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@Megan533

I could not find an "automatic" method, but I did find a method that could help.

Select the pages you want to define as one section.

Right-Click > Numbering and Section Options

In the "Section Marker" box (not "Section Prefix") type in "1 - " (I added spaces before and after the hyphen).

Repeat for each following section, changing the "Section Marker" to the appropriate number. Make sure to select "Start Page Numbering at:" and change that to "1".

You should end up with:

1 - 1 (Section Marker - Page Number)

1 - 2 (Section Marker - Page Number)

1 - 3 (Section Marker - Page Number)

1 - 4 (Section Marker - Page Number)

Repeat

2 - 1 (Section Marker - Page Number)

2 - 2 (Section Marker - Page Number)

2 - 3 (Section Marker - Page Number)

2 - 4 (Section Marker - Page Number)

ETC.

If you notice your page layouts changing oddly, try clicking the fly-out menu at the top of your pages panel and uncheck "Allow Document Pages to Shuffle"and rearrange them back to their proper layout

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