Hello,
Is there a way to have facing pages numbering for the front matter?
Thanks !
DimNC
Hello,
Is there a way to have facing pages numbering for the front matter?
Thanks !
DimNC
This is for PDF for print for a novel. I format my facing pages with a header as follows:
Facing Pages (even numbered pages):
page# (left justified) AuthorName (centered)
Body Pages (odd numbered pages):
BookName (centered) page# (right justified)
In the Front Matter (first pages) I use roman lowercase numerals for page numbers, and in the main body (and back matter) I use Arabic numerals for the page numbers.
So, then. I see the Facing pages fields listed after the Main body fields in the list, but those fields are for the main body facing pages (I experimented and verified this). There donāt appear to be Facing pages fields for the front matter/first pages, and I have selected to use different header/footer settings on first pagesāthe First pages header/footer settings are listed (and work well, except that they appear on both left and right pages), but there are no Facing pages for the first pages. I havenāt tried selecting to use different header/footer for back matter, so I donāt know if the facing pages fields are also missing for back matter too.
As a workaround, I thought to just put my front matter as a folder in the main body in front of Chapter 1, but I canāt find how to restart page numbering (which I can use in the suffix after contents of the āfront matterā folder) so that the Arabic numeral page numbers start at page 1 on Chapter 1. I searched āpage number in Scrivener 3ā online and āpage numberā in the user manual but found nothing about restarting page numbering.
Any help would be appreciated on the facing pages in first pages thing or tips on restart page numbering for the workaround. Thanks.
Iāve asked this question, too.
Been using Python scripts as a work around for now.
I am not 100% sure, but it looks like you need File > Compile > Page Settings > Header and Footer Text (the tab at the right view) > Facing Pages (item in the list table). Make sure that you have selected PDF compile format.
Those Facing Pages header/footer text settings are only for the Main Body (even though they are not specifically labeled as such, and only say Facing Pages). As I explained, I tested those facing pages settings and they only affect pages in the main body. I need something like Front Matter Facing Pages settings where I can set headers/footers for only those pages.
For the body of the manuscript I have facing page page numbers. Nice. I then added roman numeral page numbers for the Front Matter, but donāt see anyway to set them up as facing pages as well. I have them centered now. Is there a way to get them facing?
Not presently. If you require this kind of layout, then leave the header & footer settings fairly vanilla until they can be more easily set up in a more complete desktop publishing or layout environment, after compiling.
Thanks, except it is so nice having Scrivener do it allā¦ Iāll take centered roman numerals in the front matter for now.
There is no way Scrivener could come close to doing it all, but itās okay for proofing and basic internal documentation, that kind of stuff (though I donāt even use it for that). Cases like this are a good example where a freeform page layout environment has an inherent advantage over something that must provide narrow options with checkboxes. Weād need hundreds of checkboxes and switches and fields to do what you can do with freeform tools, in this one area alone.
I would just add: donāt be afraid of page layout tools. Yes, they have vast capabilities and a learning curve to match, but there are lots of templates and tutorials to walk you through this kind of āentry levelā design tweak. If youāre thinking of self-publishing in any kind of significant way, developing basic desktop publishing literacy is probably a better use of your time than trying to do everything in Scrivener.