Posted by Alexander Schwartz on
URL: https://discuss.asciidoctor.org/How-to-start-page-numbering-from-Chapter-1-tp8278p8279.html

There is an option in the Asciidoctor PDF Theme: https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor-pdf/blob/master/docs/theming-guide.adoc#page-numbering

You can add 'page-numbering-start-at: 5' to your theme to start with page number 1 on the physical page number 5.

When your preface or dedication grows or shrinks, you need to adjust that number manually.