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How to automatically number the pages of your flipbooks

Insert accurate page numbers across your entire document at once

Overview

You do not have to number a flipbook's pages yourself. Open Text in the Design Studio, choose Page numbers, place the number where you want it, then add it to all pages. Your flipbook is numbered from start to finish, and the count stays right when you add, move or delete a page.

A Design Studio spread showing sequential page numbers on consecutive flipbook pages with the cover excluded
💡 Why number your pages
  • Readers find their way: a number on the page is what your table of contents points at.
  • The count keeps up: add a page in the middle and every number after it updates on its own.
  • One layer, not one per page: restyle the numbers in a 500-page catalog in a single edit.
  • Works on an uploaded PDF: if your PDF arrived without numbers, you can add them here.

Add page numbers

  • In the Design Studio, click Text in the left panel and choose Page numbers.
  • Drag the number to wherever you want it on the page.
  • With it still selected, click Paste on all pages, or right-click it and choose On all pages.
The Text panel in the Flipsnack Design Studio left rail with the Page numbers item highlighted

Your page number is now a master layer, so one edit changes it everywhere. Master layers: add an element to every page at once explains how they work.

Style the page number

Select the page number and pick the font, weight, size, color and letter spacing you want. Since it is a master layer, your choice is applied to every page at once.

A page number selected in the Design Studio with the Page numbers properties panel open showing font, weight, size and letter spacing

Note: in Branding, under Typography, you can set how your page numbers look by default.

Keep numbers off your cover

Covers and back pages usually look better without a number. Go to that page, right-click the page number, then choose Visibility and Hide on this page. Every other page keeps its number.

Build a clickable table of contents

Once your numbers are in place, you can turn a contents list into something readers can click. Add a link to each page number and set the action to Go to page, so a reader jumps straight to the section they want.

Flipsnack can also build a table of contents that readers open from the actions bar, which you set up in Customize.

Troubleshooting

  • The number shows up on one page only: it is still a normal layer. Select it and click Paste on all pages.
  • A page has no number: the page numbers layer is hidden there. Right-click it and turn Visibility back on for that page.
  • The numbers are the wrong size everywhere: select one and restyle it. Your change reaches all of them.
  • Your cover still shows a number: hide the layer on that page rather than deleting it, because deleting removes it from every page.

Flipsnack can also build a table of contents that readers open from the actions bar, which you set up in Customize.

Additional tips / FAQs

  • Can I number a PDF I uploaded? Yes. If your PDF came without numbers, add them the same way.
  • Do the numbers update when I reorder pages? Yes. The count follows your page order.
  • Can I put the number in a different spot on left and right pages? Not yet. One page numbers layer goes on every page in one position.
  • Can I start numbering later in the flipbook? Hide the layer on the pages you want to skip. The count still starts from your first page.

Next steps

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