Book Page Numbers

[Chris M]

@Egg. I tried starting at -8 before posting on here originally. I have no explanation as to what happened, but mine went -8,-7,-6,-5,-4,-3,-2,-1,9,10,11 etc.

Having said that it clearly does work, so I played. I think this was the last thing I did before the technology god smiled upon me:
I had cut the first 8 pages thinking that I would number the rest then plonk the blank ones above...which failed. All other attempts subsequently failed. I then used an auto-backup from before the cut and paste and the -8 method suddenly did as everyone else said it would.

Coincidence? Maybe. We'll likely never know as I'm putting this in the rear view and moving on.

@Acorn. Thanks for the alternatives, but I do need to export to PDF.

@ Gary. "page numbers are a PITA". The voice of experience.