Insert page numbers

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You can insert page numbers on the current page, all pages, all odd pages, or all even pages. When you insert page numbers on multiple pages, a new master layer is automatically created, and the page number is placed on it. The master layer can be an all-page master layer, an odd-page master layer, or an even-page master layer. For more information about master layers, see Create layers.

Page numbers are automatically updated when you add or delete pages in your document.

You can also insert a page number inside existing artistic or paragraph text. If the text is located on a local layer, the page number is inserted on the current page only. If the text is located on a master layer, the page number becomes part of the master layer and appears on all pages where the master layer is visible. For more information about artistic and paragraph text, see Add and manipulate text.

If the page numbers are on a master layer, you can hide the page number on a specific page.

You can change the default page number settings before or after you insert page numbers in your document. For example, you can start the page count at a specific number other than 1. This is particularly useful if you want to create multiple CorelDRAW files that will be put together as one publication.

You can also specify whether to start page numbering on the first page or on another page. For example, if you choose to start page numbering on page 3, page 3 displays the number 1. If you insert a new page between 1 and 2, it becomes the new page 2, whereas the old page 2 becomes page 3 — the page where the first page number is displayed.

You can also choose from a variety of commonly used page number styles.

When you save to CorelDRAW X5 or earlier version, page numbers are preserved as editable artistic text. However, if you add or delete a page, the page count will not be updated.

Manipulating page numbers as objects

Page numbers are artistic text objects (unless you insert them in paragraph text) that can be modified and manipulated like any other artistic text object. For example, you can resize, scale, or rotate a page number, change its color, or apply effects such as texture fill or a drop shadow.

When the page number is on a master layer, applying transformations to it affects all page numbers.

The following table lists various ways to manipulate page numbers as objects.

 

You can	For more information see
Resize and scale a page number	Transform objects
Rotate a page number	Transform objects
Mirror a page number	Transform objects
Change the color of a page number	Choose colors
Apply texture to a page number	Texture fills
Apply a drop shadow to a page number	Add drop shadows and inner shadows

To insert a page number

In the Objects docker, the page number appears as an artistic text object with the name "Page Number."

You can insert page numbers on odd pages only if the current page is an odd page, and you can insert page numbers on even pages only if the current page is an even page.

You can move the page number anywhere on the page by selecting it with the Pick tool and dragging it to a new location. If you move a page number outside the drawing page, the page number turns into the generic number sign (#). If you then place it on another page, it displays the correct number of the page.

You can also insert a page number inside an existing text object. Using the Text tool, type artistic or paragraph text. With the cursor inside the text object, click Layout Insert page number On active layer. The page number is added as part of the existing text, and it will not appear as a separate object in the Objects docker.

To hide the page number on a single page

To modify page number settings

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