How to Change Page Numbers in Adobe InDesign

Updated on:

April 6, 2026

By:

Madhav Bhandari

Use this interactive demo to learn how to change page numbers in Adobe InDesign.

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Here’s a simple and step by step quick guide on how to change page numbers in Adobe InDesign:

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To change or adjust page numbers in InDesign, go to Pages.
Right-click the page and select 'Numbering & Section Options' to open the Numbering & Section Options panel.
Enter the number you want the page to start at in 'Start Page Numbering at:.' Click 'OK' once done.
You will see the page number update, indicating the page numbering change was successful.

📌 Why this matters

Changing page numbers lets you maintain consistent numbering across multi-document projects like books, reports, or magazines where chapters start at specific numbers rather than page one.

You can also restart numbering for different sections within the same document—like switching from Roman numerals for a table of contents to Arabic numerals for body text. This control becomes essential when you're working with documents that will be bound together or need to match existing page sequences from other files.

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