# How to recreate page numbers

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**Category:** Dorico\
**Created:** [September 4, 2026, 9:07pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/how-to-recreate-page-numbers/1040611 "2026-09-04T21:07:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mark\_Gustavson](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/mark_gustavson/32/341316_2.png) [@Mark\_Gustavson](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Mark_Gustavson)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 9:07pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/how-to-recreate-page-numbers/1040611/1 "2026-09-04T21:07:56Z")

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I messed up the page numbers in the master. How do I setup the page numbers correctly?

 ![page numbers](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/original/4X/f/3/4/f348865b9769cf54f768b69ba2357df79a62cd8a.png)

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**Author:** ![Christian\_R](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/christian_r/32/188142_2.png) [@Christian\_R](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Christian_R)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/how-to-recreate-page-numbers/1040611/2 "2026-09-04T21:23:05Z")

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In case you manually changed the token in something unrecognisable, which results in not showing the page numbers correctly, to have the correct token again:

In Engrave mode, Double click on the **Default** page template to edit it, select the text frame that contains the page number token, click TAB to deselect the control points, press Enter to edit the content, press Command(Control)+A to select all, press delete, with the cursor still active inside the text frame right click and choose the Page Number token, then press ESC to exit the text editor.

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**Author:** ![Mark\_Gustavson](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/mark_gustavson/32/341316_2.png) [@Mark\_Gustavson](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Mark_Gustavson)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/how-to-recreate-page-numbers/1040611/3 "2026-09-05T16:59:39Z")

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Thank you.

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**Author:** ![Christian\_R](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/christian_r/32/188142_2.png) [@Christian\_R](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Christian_R)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/how-to-recreate-page-numbers/1040611/4 "2026-09-05T19:03:16Z")

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> [@Mark\_Gustavson](#):
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> Thank you.

My pleasure, Mark.  
Did my suggestion solved your issue?

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**Author:** ![Mark\_Gustavson](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/mark_gustavson/32/341316_2.png) [@Mark\_Gustavson](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Mark_Gustavson)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/how-to-recreate-page-numbers/1040611/5 "2026-09-07T19:52:02Z")

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Yes it did.

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**Author:** ![charles\_piano](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/charles_piano/32/279636_2.png) [@charles\_piano](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/charles_piano)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/how-to-recreate-page-numbers/1040611/6 "2026-09-07T20:23:22Z")

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> [@Mark\_Gustavson](#):
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> it did.

In that case, please consider giving @Christian_R’s [post](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/how-to-recreate-page-numbers/1040611/2) the solution checkmark, it will help other users to find the answers faster!