Page Number Style

[Dick]

I want to use a dash, nunber,dash rather than a plain number. I found a way
to do this once but cannot find it again. Can you help?

Dick

 

[Ed Bennett]

I want to use a dash, nunber,dash rather than a plain number. I
found a way to do this once but cannot find it again. Can you help?

Can't you insert a dash before and after the number in the text box?

 

[Dick]

Yes, that can be done on the master page if you want all pages numbered.
But if you specify no number on page 1, then page 1 has no number but has
the two dashes. All other pages are OK.

 

[Mary Sauer]

Put a white box around the dashes, give it no line.

 

[Dick]

Sorry, but I don't know what you mean by "white box". Can you elaborate.

 

[Mary Sauer]

Physically draw a rectangle around the dashes, white fill, no line. This will cover
the dashes when you print.

 

[Dick]

OK, it worked using a text box with white fill.

Thaks very much Mary and Ed for helping. BTW I found what I was looking
for. In WORD, in numbering pages of a document with "insert/page numbers"
one also has the option to format the numbers. Not so in PUBLISHER.