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Originally Posted by sun surfer
I'll tell you what I'd like in a similar vein: for the page number to automatically configure to show exact e-reader pages left and each page equals exactly one page number. So it would say "page 8" instead of "pages 7-9" on a given page. I mean, imagine reading a paperback if it were numbered with the page numbers from the hardback; it's the same idea as what goes on now with e-books. It seems like a no-brainer to me to fix this, but it must be too much work for the e-reader to have to figure that out depending on font size and all for developers to bother with. (if there already is a way to do this, someone let me know and I will blush)
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ePub in Adobe's SDK treats 1024 characters as 1 page. No matter the font size. That means if I say something is on page 7 to someone, they can actually find it when they use an entirely different font and size than I do. If the page count changes with font size, page numbers become worthless (this is why the Kindle called them location numbers instead so they wouldn't be confused with the concept of a 'page' or 'screen').
The Sony displays something like '7-8' when both pages 7 and 8 are being displayed. It's somewhat helpful to know when there are no page markers in the margins, so I can at least say a passage is on 7 or 8. But the whole idea that page numbers are
not based on the font size is completely intentional, and it's to make the page numbers worth something more than a pretty number to display.