InDesign Customized Start Page Numbering

InDesign's Auto Page Numbering feature starts placing numbers on pages with the first page of the document, however in some cases i.e. books, we would want out page numbering to start on a page that we define.

In this video you will see 2 simple steps to achieve this.

Step 1: Apply "None" master to pages to omit numbering.
Step 2: Select the page you wish to start numbering then choose "Allow Selected Spread to Shuffle" from the hamburger menu.
Step 3: Again from the hamburger menu while the page is still highlighted, select "Numbering & Section Options"

[WhimsicalCarol]

THANK YOU. Super easy to understand. You explained how to change the page numbers perfectly. Wish I could buy you a beer or a cup of coffee!

[Liiinda]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! Took forever to figure this out!

[thegeakshow]

Thank you so much I have been fighting with this for way waaaay to long.... Really appreciate it!

[Hispoet]

YOU ARE FREAKING AWESOME!! GOSH YOU DID IT SO QUICKLY AND UNCOMPLICATED!

[bharatadhikari]

Greetings from Nepal. It is very useful for me.

[NeilBolandGuitaristWriter]

Thank you so much! It (of course) worked! Legend.

[abhilashabhujbal]

Thank you so much, you sorted it, I was really stuck up....

[LunaYutube]

Exactly what i was looking for! Thank you so much :)

[yaseenali]

Thank you! Every other tutorial I found was long and unhelpful.

[AlanReitsch]

Very clear. Thanks, that helped a lot!

[joycebrandon]

Thank you so much! Very helpful & concise.

[luisadrianbadillaroj]

Does any know how to do this if the page is 7 instead of 6 (not a joke) when you use the second page of the spread it get divided in two parts and the whole book gets in disordered, ... any idea how to keep spreads togheter???? :( I'm going crazy