Thread: Forma Turn one page, Pages in chapter increases 1, Pages in book increases 2
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Old 03-10-2021, 06:54 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by codychan View Post
Yeah, I heard that people are confused about how the page number is calculated, but don't know it affects the page turns too. Since the Page in chapter increases by 1 (from my personal experience, it always increases by 1), I thought this should work for the Pages in book too.
As sort of mentioned there are several page counting methods used depending on the format. PDF is simple as it will be a page per screen. For CBR/CBZ, each image will be separate on a screen.

Epubs use the method that @JSWolf mention. That means that the number of screens per page depend on the font size and other settings. The larger the font, the more screens it will be before the page number changes. And a really small font can mean more than one page per screen. This method also doesn't take into account formatting or images. This is used for both the per-chapter numbering and the full-book numbering. The two numbers should be in sync.

Kepubs use a method that is supposed to be one page per screen. With this, the number of pages changes depending on font size and the other settings. It also means that images are included and the formatting affects the numbering. It seems that the per-chapter numbering is always correct, but, there are problems with the full-book numbering. Most reports are of a page being duplicated. I don't remember reports of them being skipped like you are saying. For this, I am sure that the text formatting and things like images affects the numbering. But, I haven't worked out how. I'm fairly sure that the more complicated it is, the more it is out. And it is probably affected by how long each chapter is. The longer the chapter, the more likely there is a problem. For simple layout in novels, I see a duplicated page number every eight or so pages.
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If there is no solution or this is what it is, maybe I would just change it to "Percent of book read" or "Time remaining in book" since it is quite annoying.
Just go with what works best for you. I tend to like the page numbers, but, I do use the percentage at the bottom sometimes.

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And if you do want to discuss the pros and cons of the different page numbering methods, I would suggest doing a search first and seeing what always happens. If you start a new thread, I won't be participating, but I will be watching with , lots of and frequent and . Though, starting a betting pool on how long it takes for certain people and opinions to pop up might be fun.
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