[scribus] page numbering problem [SOLVED}

[Gary Dale]

On 2020-07-03 12:02, JLuc wrote:
> Le 03/07/2020 à 17:14, Gary Dale a écrit :
>> I'm using Scribus 1.5.5 on a Debian/Testing system.
>> I edited my master page to include a page number (centred at the 
>> bottom of the page) in a text box that is plenty wide to accept 
>> 3-digit page numbers. However when I apply the master page to all 
>> pages, I get the page number box added to the bottom of each page but 
>> after page 16, the page number itself is missing.
>>
>> I thought perhaps it had something to do with my having 2 master 
>> pages so I deleted one (possibly a relic from a much earlier document 
>> or from an import) but that didn't help. Page 17 and later show that 
>> they are using the correct master page (as are the earlier pages) and 
>> even re-selecting the master page doesn't seem to help.
>>
>> Any ideas on how to get this to work?
>
> You could check in the "section" part of document's settings, as page 
> number are formated there.
>
> You could try with a verrry wide and high frame for that page number
>
> You could try with ### instead of # because it once was a time where 
> this would work...
>
>
Thanks JLuc. You were right. It was the sections settings. Somehow it 
decided that only the first 16 pages were to be numbered.