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Turtle91 · 03-20-2015, 10:30 PM

Hello,
I just wanted all y'all to know that Marvin does have a page number option. Granted, it is NOT a page number based on the whole book, and it is NOT a static page number. It does tell you page numbers in the chapter based on settings you choose:

1) Pages Left in the chapter and the chapter name (e.g. "12 Chapter 4" meaning 12 pages left to go in "Chapter 4")
2) Pages read / and total pages in the chapter (e.g. "4/30" meaning you are on the 4th page out of 30 pages in the chapter you are reading)
3) Pages Left in the chapter - and total pages in the chapter (e.g. "12-30" meaning there are 12 pages left out of 30 pages in the chapter you are reading)

The number of pages is determined dynamically based on your current reading device and how many pages (ie screens) it would take to display the current chapter with the current orientation, font type and size, margin size, etc..

There are a couple steps to select HOW you want Marvin to display this information, which I've taken screenshots and attached.

1) You need to go to the iThing's settings page (not within Marvin) and scroll down until you see Marvin. Tap on that and you will see the page as shown under #1

2) Tap on "Page numbering" and that will bring you to image #2. Select the way you want page numbers to be displayed - as described above.

3) Now open Marvin and select the settings icon from the top left of the Home page (the gear icon). You will get to the "General" page as seen in image #3. You need to make sure there is room to display the page number by selecting "Normal" or "Large" under "vertical margin size", and "Dim" or Bright" under "Page titles and footers"

4) This displays your page numbers at the bottom of the screen as seen in image #4. There is also a progress bar...a very thin (single pixel? look where the arrow is pointing) line at the very bottom of the screen that shows how far you are along in the ENTIRE book. (page 5 out of 26 pages in the 1st chapter of the book)

This doesn't fulfill the reference-quoting (non)requirement of the academic, neither does it fulfill the "must have a page number of the whole book" (ie stuck in a pbook mindset

) crowd. But it DOES fulfill the need to know how many screens (which is really all most of us care about anyway) we've read from the beginning of the chapter - or how many screens to go to the end - and it gives us a sense of how far along we are in the book...

I hope that helps!

Cheers,

03-20-2015, 10:30 PM	#28
Turtle91 A Hairy Wizard Posts: 3,363 Karma: 20212733 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Charleston, SC today Device: iPhone 15/11/X/6/iPad 1,2,Air & Air Pro/Surface Pro/Kindle PW & Fire	Marvin has page numbers Hello, I just wanted all y'all to know that Marvin does have a page number option. Granted, it is NOT a page number based on the whole book, and it is NOT a static page number. It does tell you page numbers in the chapter based on settings you choose: 1) Pages Left in the chapter and the chapter name (e.g. "12 Chapter 4" meaning 12 pages left to go in "Chapter 4") 2) Pages read / and total pages in the chapter (e.g. "4/30" meaning you are on the 4th page out of 30 pages in the chapter you are reading) 3) Pages Left in the chapter - and total pages in the chapter (e.g. "12-30" meaning there are 12 pages left out of 30 pages in the chapter you are reading) The number of pages is determined dynamically based on your current reading device and how many pages (ie screens) it would take to display the current chapter with the current orientation, font type and size, margin size, etc.. There are a couple steps to select HOW you want Marvin to display this information, which I've taken screenshots and attached. 1) You need to go to the iThing's settings page (not within Marvin) and scroll down until you see Marvin. Tap on that and you will see the page as shown under #1 2) Tap on "Page numbering" and that will bring you to image #2. Select the way you want page numbers to be displayed - as described above. 3) Now open Marvin and select the settings icon from the top left of the Home page (the gear icon). You will get to the "General" page as seen in image #3. You need to make sure there is room to display the page number by selecting "Normal" or "Large" under "vertical margin size", and "Dim" or Bright" under "Page titles and footers" 4) This displays your page numbers at the bottom of the screen as seen in image #4. There is also a progress bar...a very thin (single pixel? look where the arrow is pointing) line at the very bottom of the screen that shows how far you are along in the ENTIRE book. (page 5 out of 26 pages in the 1st chapter of the book) This doesn't fulfill the reference-quoting (non)requirement of the academic, neither does it fulfill the "must have a page number of the whole book" (ie stuck in a pbook mindset ) crowd. But it DOES fulfill the need to know how many screens (which is really all most of us care about anyway) we've read from the beginning of the chapter - or how many screens to go to the end - and it gives us a sense of how far along we are in the book... I hope that helps! Cheers, Last edited by Turtle91; 03-20-2015 at 11:57 PM.