Page numbering puzzle

[Bill Amatneek]

Hello indesigners all,

I have a page numbering problem I’d appreciate help on with InDesign cc 18.2.1 running macOS Big Sur on an iMac late 2014 desktop.

In a 258-page .indd document, I have a spread, pages 8-9, that precedes the TOC, on pages 10-11.

I delete that spread thru Pages->Delete Spread, but the TOC that follows it still displays its pages as 10-11.
Interestingly, the Pages panel thumbnails DO show the TOC pages as 8 and 9.

I have tried allowing and then disallowing page and/or spreads to shuffle.
I have messed with Pages->Numbering and Section Options, and am met with
"A page number in this section already exists in another section. … Click Cancel and specify a unique section Prefix or different number settings."
I have tried those combinations as well.
I have visited Indesign-Preferences-General and and switched between Section Numbering and Absolute Numbering.

I can easily make things worse, compound the problems, but not solve it.
I must be missing something obvious.
Any solutions to this puzzle?
MTIA.

Hoping all are well.
BR,
Bill Amatneek
Vineyards Press

[graydo...@gmail.com]

Sound to me like it's removing the "pages" but not the "frames" associated with the pages. Did you check on and look at the Text Threads (View > Extras > Show Text Threads)? That might show something amiss if the frames are still present somewhere.

Best,

Russel Davis
Gray Dog Press
2515 East Sprague Avenue
Spokane, WA 99202
509.534.0372
www.graydogpress.com

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[David Creamer]

It sounds as if you hard-coded the page number. Change your Numbering and Section Options to automatic.

David Creamer

IDEAS Training

[Bill Amatneek]

Many thanks to Russel Davis and David Creamer for your suggestions, but they have not solved the problem.

BR,

Bill Amatneek

Vineyards Press

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David Creamer <creamer...@gmail.com>: May 19 04:03PM -0700

It sounds as if you hard-coded the page number. Change your Numbering and Section Options to automatic.   David Creamer IDEAS Training   On Friday, May 19, 2023 at 12:44:50 PM UTC-7 Bill Amatneek wrote:

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[David Creamer]

Any chance you can make the file available to look at?

David Creamer 

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Many thanks to Russel Davis and David Creamer for your suggestions, but they have not solved the problem.

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