In the sample shown below I get correct (roman) line numbers but the very first page, imported from plug.tex has an unwanted page number. If I surround that page with: \startstandardmakeup[doublesided=no,page=yes] and \stopstandardmakeup the page number disappears but the page count is wrong by one. Page numbers are roman. I have tried changing the page number sequence using e.g,: \setcounter[userpage][-4] but that has no effect. I tried iv instead of 4 but that didn't work either. MKIV and Texlive 2014. ----------------------------------------------- \starttext \startfrontmatter \setuppagenumbering[state=start] %\startstandardmakeup[doublesided=no,page=yes] \input plug.tex %\stopstandardmakeup \page[yes] \startstandardmakeup[doublesided=no,page=yes] \stopstandardmakeup \startstandardmakeup[doublesided=no,page=yes] \externalfigure[graph1.pdf][width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight] \stopstandardmakeup %\setcounter[userpage][number=4] \startstandardmakeup[doublesided=no,page=yes] {\obeylines {\bf From Kitchen to Market-Sell Your Specialty Food} 6th Edition Stephen F. Hall (etc.) } \stopstandardmakeup \stoptext --------------------------------------------------- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html Updated PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus 1.4.5" coming soon at http://www.booklocker.com/!