VMS Help DSR, DSR Commands, .NUMBER PAGE  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    The .NO NUMBER command suspends normal page numbering. The
    .NUMBER PAGE command resumes normal page numbering, having kept
    track of the numbering while .NO NUMBER was in effect; or it
    allows you to specify the beginning of a new number sequence by
    specifying a number for the next page. (See also .NUMBER RUNNING,
    .DISPLAY NUMBER, .NO PAGING, and .HEADERS ON.)

    Formats

      .NUMBER PAGE  [[+/-]n]

      .NO NUMBER

    Abreviated formats

      .NMPG  [[+/-]n]

      .NNM

1 - Parameters

 n

    The number that the next page will have.

 +n

    Sets the number of the next page to n more than the number of the
    current page.

 -n

    Sets the number of the next page to n less than the number of the
    current page.

2 - Default

    Sequential decimal numbering, beginning with 1 or chapter
    number-1 or appendix letter-1.