My page number disappears for the first page after I issue a \page[empy] command. Here is an example from my file: \page[empty] \part{}\setuppagenumbering[state=stop, conversion=romannumerals]\setuppagenumber[number=3]\setupfootertexts[\vbox {\centerline{\pagenumber{}}\vskip12pt }][][][] \blank[12pt]\testpage[4] The page number appears for subsequent pages. Thanks Paul -- ************************ *Paul Tremblay * *phthenry@iglou.com * ************************