waterspyder

Alright, and while it is wrong to have a sense of satisfaction from this occurance, here it goes.

For the last few weeks I have been asking my boss if I can put the page numbers in the table of contents. He replies "No, not yet, you do it last" (see note below). So after a few weeks of this, I create "PDF final v.37" and give it to him (I really have no idea whether it is going to print or review number 9). He sets me to work on the next book and I come back to him and indicate I had created the frame for the table of contents in volume 2, but had not added page numbers.

"No, no, you do the page numbers last. I learned this from Volume 1."
"Yes, speaking of which, when exactly would you like me to put the page numbers into the table of contents of Volume 1?"
*stunned silence* followed by *look of shock* and then...
"Yes please, do that now. I'll contact the printer."

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Typically, when a book is produced properly, once all of the pages are created, it is normally okay to put the page numbers in prior to final review. In fact, it is usually good to have them checked over at the time of final review.

An Aside - Page XX

This used to be a running, sad joke concerning White Wolf Game Books. Their editing and proof-reading and final layout guys used to leave the future page marker references in the books rather than take the time to edit them properly and make sure that when a piece of text referred you to another it also came with a proper page reference. Instead you got (see Page XX).

Somewhere in the Netherworld, there is a stack of these pages, just sitting there, waiting...