page numbers on documents don't match page numbers in book window or pages pane
Ever since InDesign updated from version 19.5 to version 20, the current page number marker on my master pages will not sync. Now, every document in my book just starts from page 1. So, in other words, every chapter starts over at page 1. Please help. I've included a screen grab of my problem. You'll see that the page numbers on the actual document don't match the page numbers indicated in the pages window or in the book window. I've redone the marker in the master pages and resynced, but no dice...
quesnoy1
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To resolve this issue, please click on the 'Update page and section numbers' option (present in the book panel's hamburger menu) after opening any book(created in any previous version) for the first time in 20.0
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Marie
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This is happening to me as well. Every book document, new and old, starts from page 1, even if it is removed and then readded to the book. I have reset my preferences, and this is happening even with fresh default settings. I have also tried editing the preference option that says "Use Absolute Numbering," but all this does is change the pages panel to also show pages starting from 1. I also have the books set to continue numbering from the previous document, but InDesign seems to be ignoring that.
The only solution I have found is to manually change the first page of each chapter to start numbering at the page I know it should be. This is obviously not ideal because if any preceding chapters change their page count, the chapter will still retain the old page number.
This is a bug, and it needs to be fixed immediately as this makes InDesign useless for anything other than single documents.