We will give you a detailed analysis on how to use the "text overflow" function to create an automatic page number.
Tutorial sharing:
[01] use the "area text" command in AI to enter a number as shown in the figure above, and adjust the character panel as appropriate. [02] adjust the text box as appropriate, so that it can accommodate a row of numbers! [03] draw a rectangle of the same size as the adjusted text box and adjust its position in the canvas (that is, the position where the page number is to be placed ), then, use the "paste on all artboards" command in the editing to make each page have a page number.
[04] further adjust the rectangle distribution and alignment ...... It is best to use a separate fill color for the rectangle to easily select all, you can also arrange in a separate layer [05] use the magic wand tool to select all the rectangles, then, use the "concatenate text" function to connect the page numbers (as shown in the following figure)
[06] page deletion: you can directly delete the page and the corresponding page text box. The page number of other pages will be automatically changed, as shown in the figure:
[07] add page: you can click
Symbol, when the mouse changes
Click to add the page, and then add the page number to its location! The page number will be adjusted as shown in the following figure:
All right, the above information is the detailed tutorial that uses the "text overflow" function to create an automatic page number for all users of Illustrator, you can see that the user here, Xiaobian believes that everyone is very clear about the method, then everyone will go to follow the tutorial above to try the effect.
