diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests.rs
index 45aa754d60..0715102152 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests.rs
@@ -8423,6 +8423,57 @@ fn repeated_xfa_print_buttons_run_their_click_script() {
     }
 }
 
+/// A button on the page master runs its click script as the copy on the page that was clicked:
+/// the field it writes next to it changes on that page only.
+#[test]
+fn a_page_master_button_writes_the_field_on_its_own_page() {
+    let template = pdfcraft_xfa::fixtures::repeated_print_button_template().replace(
+        "</pageArea>",
+        r#"<field name="stamp" x="200pt" y="24pt" w="100pt" h="25pt"><ui><textEdit/></ui></field>
+  <field name="mark" x="320pt" y="24pt" w="80pt" h="25pt"><ui><button/></ui>
+   <event activity="click"><script contentType="application/x-javascript">stamp.rawValue = "clicked";</script></event>
+  </field>
+ </pageArea>"#,
+    );
+    let bytes = Arc::new(pdfcraft_xfa::fixtures::shell(&template));
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    let id = s.open("stamp.pdf", None, bytes, None).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(s.get(id).unwrap().info.pages.len(), 3);
+    let out = s.run_javascript(id, "throw new Error('AcroForm fallback ran')", Some("mark_2")).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(out.error, None, "{out:?}");
+    let value = |s: &Session, n: &str| s.get(id).unwrap().form.iter().find(|f| f.name == n).unwrap().value.clone();
+    assert_eq!(value(&s, "stamp_2"), vec!["clicked".to_string()], "the page clicked");
+    for other in ["stamp", "stamp_3"] {
+        assert_ne!(value(&s, other), vec!["clicked".to_string()], "{other} is on another page");
+    }
+}
+
+/// An initialize script that hides the last page's subform takes a page away; the page-master
+/// button of that page, listed to initialize before it went, doesn't run with `this` at the
+/// form instead and hide all of it.
+#[test]
+fn a_page_master_script_of_a_page_gone_does_not_hide_the_form() {
+    let template = pdfcraft_xfa::fixtures::repeated_print_button_template()
+        .replace(
+            r#"<caption><value><text>Print form</text></value></caption>"#,
+            r#"<caption><value><text>Print form</text></value></caption>
+   <event activity="initialize"><script contentType="application/x-javascript">this.presence = "hidden";</script></event>"#,
+        )
+        .replace(
+            r#"<subform name="page3" layout="tb"><breakBefore targetType="pageArea"/>"#,
+            r#"<subform name="page3" layout="tb"><breakBefore targetType="pageArea"/>
+ <event activity="initialize"><script contentType="application/x-javascript">this.presence = "hidden";</script></event>"#,
+        );
+    let bytes = Arc::new(pdfcraft_xfa::fixtures::shell(&template));
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    let id = s.open("gone.pdf", None, bytes, None).unwrap();
+    let doc = s.get(id).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(doc.info.pages.len(), 2, "page 3 is hidden");
+    for note in ["note1", "note2"] {
+        assert!(doc.form.iter().any(|f| f.name == note), "{note} is still shown");
+    }
+}
+
 /// An XFA form's scripts initialize, calculate, validate, show subforms and add and remove rows,
 /// with undo and save/reopen.
 #[test]
@@ -12363,6 +12414,164 @@ fn repeated_backdrop_artwork_survives_background_undo_redo_and_both_save_modes()
     black(&s, rewritten);
 }
 
+/// A page still exists after its only master widget is hidden: its master nodes stay in the
+/// script model, so a later script can address them again (test from wireless89's review of
+/// #5368).
+#[test]
+fn xfa_page_master_instance_survives_hiding_its_last_widget() {
+    let template = pdfcraft_xfa::fixtures::repeated_print_button_template()
+        .replace(r#"xfa.host.print(1, "0", (xfa.host.numPages -1).toString(), 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);"#, r#"this.presence = "hidden";"#)
+        .replace(
+            "</subform></template>",
+            r#"<field name="restore" w="100pt" h="25pt"><ui><button/></ui>
+<event activity="click"><script contentType="application/x-javascript">xfa.resolveNode("master[2].PrintButton1").presence = "visible";</script></event></field></subform></template>"#,
+        );
+    let (tpl, _) = pdfcraft_xfa::parse(&template).unwrap();
+    let mut s = Session::new().with_clock(|| 1_700_000_000).with_xfa_time_scale(100);
+    let id = s.open("hidden-master.pdf", None, Arc::new(pdfcraft_xfa::fixtures::shell(&template)), None).unwrap();
+    let out = s.run_javascript(id, "", Some("PrintButton1_3")).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(out.error, None, "{out:?}");
+    let cos = &s.get(id).unwrap().editor.as_ref().unwrap().cos;
+    assert_eq!(pdfcraft_organize::page_count(cos).unwrap(), 3, "the body still fills three pages");
+    assert!(!s.get(id).unwrap().form.iter().any(|f| f.name == "PrintButton1_3"));
+    let uses = pdfcraft_xfa::page_area_uses(cos, &tpl);
+    let restored = s.run_javascript(id, "", Some("restore")).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!((uses.get("master").copied(), restored.error), (Some(3), None), "the third page master remains addressable by scripts");
+}
+
+/// Page-local values and a globally bound control survive relayout, disappearing and
+/// reappearing pages, incremental saves and vector printing (test from wireless89's review of #5368).
+#[test]
+fn xfa_master_values_survive_page_changes_save_reopen_and_print() {
+    fn name(s: &Session, id: DocId, som: &str) -> String {
+        let d = s.get(id).unwrap();
+        pdfcraft_xfa::fields_by_som(&d.editor.as_ref().unwrap().cos).get(som).unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("missing {som}")).clone()
+    }
+    fn set(s: &mut Session, id: DocId, som: &str, text: &str) {
+        let n = name(s, id, som);
+        s.apply(id, Edit::SetFieldValue { name: n, value: FieldValue::Text(text.into()) }).unwrap();
+    }
+    fn check(s: &Session, id: DocId, expected: &[&str]) {
+        let d = s.get(id).unwrap();
+        // Inspect the actual PDF tree: refreshing the cached view after XFA relayout is
+        // a separate issue (#4604), not part of this master-value regression.
+        assert_eq!(pdfcraft_organize::page_count(&d.editor.as_ref().unwrap().cos).unwrap(), expected.len());
+        let by_som = pdfcraft_xfa::fields_by_som(&d.editor.as_ref().unwrap().cos);
+        assert_eq!(by_som.keys().filter(|som| som.ends_with(".stamp[0]")).count(), expected.len());
+        for (page, value) in expected.iter().enumerate() {
+            for (field, expected) in [("stamp", *value), ("shared", "GLOBAL_VALUE")] {
+                let n = name(s, id, &format!("master[{page}].{field}[0]"));
+                assert_eq!(d.form.iter().find(|f| f.name == n).unwrap().value, [expected], "page {page}: {field}");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    let template = master_round_trip_review_template();
+    let mut s = Session::new().with_clock(|| 1_700_000_000).with_xfa_time_scale(100);
+    let mut id = s.open("masters.pdf", None, Arc::new(pdfcraft_xfa::fixtures::shell(&template)), None).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(s.get(id).unwrap().info.pages.len(), 3);
+    for (page, value) in ["MASTER_A", "MASTER_B", "MASTER_C"].iter().enumerate() {
+        set(&mut s, id, &format!("master[{page}].stamp[0]"), value);
+    }
+    check(&s, id, &["MASTER_A", "MASTER_B", "MASTER_C"]);
+    let mark = name(&s, id, "master[1].mark[0]");
+    let out = s.run_javascript(id, "throw new Error('AcroForm fallback ran')", Some(&mark)).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(out.error, None, "{out:?}");
+    check(&s, id, &["MASTER_A", "MASTER_B_CLICK", "MASTER_C"]);
+    let more = name(&s, id, "form[0].page1[0].more[0]");
+    s.apply(id, Edit::SetFieldValue { name: more.clone(), value: FieldValue::Check(false) }).unwrap();
+    assert!(s.take_js_output(id).errors.is_empty());
+    check(&s, id, &["MASTER_A", "MASTER_B_CLICK"]);
+    s.undo(id).unwrap();
+    check(&s, id, &["MASTER_A", "MASTER_B_CLICK", "MASTER_C"]);
+    s.redo(id).unwrap();
+    check(&s, id, &["MASTER_A", "MASTER_B_CLICK"]);
+    s.apply(id, Edit::SetFieldValue { name: more, value: FieldValue::Check(true) }).unwrap();
+    check(&s, id, &["MASTER_A", "MASTER_B_CLICK", "MASTER_C"]);
+    for cycle in 0..3 {
+        let saved = s.save_bytes(id).unwrap();
+        let cos = pdfcraft_cos::Document::open(saved.clone()).unwrap();
+        let data = pdfcraft_xfa::data_of(&cos).unwrap();
+        for (page, value) in ["MASTER_A", "MASTER_B_CLICK", "MASTER_C"].iter().enumerate() {
+            assert_eq!(data.text_at(&pdfcraft_xfa::som_to_path(&format!("master[{page}].stamp[0]"))), Some(*value), "cycle {cycle}: page {page}");
+        }
+        assert_eq!(data.text_at(&pdfcraft_xfa::som_to_path("master[0].shared[0]")), Some("GLOBAL_VALUE"));
+        id = s.open("again.pdf", None, saved, None).unwrap();
+        assert!(s.take_js_output(id).errors.is_empty());
+        check(&s, id, &["MASTER_A", "MASTER_B_CLICK", "MASTER_C"]);
+    }
+    let printed = s.print_pdf(id, &print::Settings { pages: vec![0, 1, 2], ..Default::default() }).unwrap();
+    let pid = s.open("printed.pdf", None, Arc::new(printed), None).unwrap();
+    let texts = page_texts(&s, pid);
+    assert_eq!(texts.len(), 3);
+    for (page, value) in ["MASTER_A", "MASTER_B_CLICK", "MASTER_C"].iter().enumerate() {
+        assert!(texts[page].contains(value) && texts[page].contains("GLOBAL_VALUE"), "page {page}: {:?}", texts[page]);
+        for other in ["MASTER_A", "MASTER_B_CLICK", "MASTER_C"].iter().filter(|other| *other != value) {
+            assert!(!texts[page].contains(other), "page {page} contains another page's value: {other}");
+        }
+    }
+}
+fn master_round_trip_review_template() -> String {
+    let template = pdfcraft_xfa::fixtures::repeated_print_button_template()
+        .replace(r#"name="PrintButton1" x="36pt""#, r#"name="PrintButton1" x="480pt""#)
+        .replace("</pageArea>", r#"
+  <field name="stamp" x="36pt" y="24pt" w="160pt" h="25pt"><ui><textEdit/></ui></field>
+  <field name="shared" x="200pt" y="24pt" w="150pt" h="25pt"><ui><textEdit/></ui><bind match="global"/></field>
+  <field name="mark" x="360pt" y="24pt" w="80pt" h="25pt"><ui><button/></ui>
+   <event activity="click"><script contentType="application/x-javascript">stamp.rawValue = "MASTER_B_CLICK";</script></event>
+  </field>
+ </pageArea>"#)
+        .replace(r#"<subform name="page1" layout="tb">"#, r#"<subform name="page1" layout="tb">
+ <field name="more" w="20pt" h="20pt"><ui><checkButton/></ui><items><integer>1</integer><integer>0</integer></items><value><integer>1</integer></value>
+  <event activity="change"><script contentType="application/x-javascript">xfa.resolveNode("form.page3").presence = this.rawValue == 1 ? "visible" : "hidden";</script></event>
+ </field>"#);
+    format!(
+        r#"<xdp:xdp xmlns:xdp="http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/">{template}
+<xfa:datasets xmlns:xfa="http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/"><xfa:data><master><shared>GLOBAL_VALUE</shared></master></xfa:data></xfa:datasets></xdp:xdp>"#
+    )
+}
+
+/// Hiding the first, middle, last or every page-master widget keeps every master
+/// instance addressable, live and after save and reopen (wireless89, #5368).
+#[test]
+fn xfa_hidden_master_instances_remain_addressable_across_reopen_matrix() {
+    let mut failures = Vec::new();
+    for targets in [vec![0usize], vec![1], vec![2], vec![0, 1, 2]] {
+        let hide =
+            targets.iter().map(|page| format!("xfa.resolveNode('master[{page}].PrintButton1').presence = 'hidden';")).collect::<Vec<_>>().join(" ");
+        let restore =
+            targets.iter().map(|page| format!("xfa.resolveNode('master[{page}].PrintButton1').presence = 'visible';")).collect::<Vec<_>>().join(" ");
+        let template = pdfcraft_xfa::fixtures::repeated_print_button_template().replace(
+            r#"xfa.host.print(1, "0", (xfa.host.numPages -1).toString(), 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);"#, &hide,
+        ).replace("</subform></template>", &format!(r#"<field name="restore" w="100pt" h="25pt"><ui><button/></ui><event activity="click"><script contentType="application/x-javascript">{restore}</script></event></field></subform></template>"#));
+        let (tpl, _) = pdfcraft_xfa::parse(&template).unwrap();
+        let mut s = Session::new().with_clock(|| 1_700_000_000).with_xfa_time_scale(100);
+        let id = s.open("hidden.pdf", None, Arc::new(pdfcraft_xfa::fixtures::shell(&template)), None).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(s.run_javascript(id, "", Some("PrintButton1")).unwrap().error, None);
+        s.undo(id).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            pdfcraft_xfa::fields_by_som(&s.get(id).unwrap().editor.as_ref().unwrap().cos).keys().filter(|name| name.contains("PrintButton1")).count(),
+            3
+        );
+        s.redo(id).unwrap();
+        let saved = s.save_bytes(id).unwrap();
+        for (stage, current) in [("live", id), ("reopened", s.open("saved.pdf", None, saved, None).unwrap())] {
+            let cos = &s.get(current).unwrap().editor.as_ref().unwrap().cos;
+            assert_eq!(pdfcraft_organize::page_count(cos).unwrap(), 3);
+            let count = pdfcraft_xfa::page_area_uses(cos, &tpl).get("master").copied();
+            let error = s.run_javascript(current, "", Some("restore")).unwrap().error;
+            let restored = targets.iter().all(|page| {
+                pdfcraft_xfa::fields_by_som(&s.get(current).unwrap().editor.as_ref().unwrap().cos)
+                    .contains_key(&format!("master[{page}].PrintButton1[0]"))
+            });
+            eprintln!("targets={targets:?} stage={stage} count={count:?} error={error:?} restored={restored}");
+            if count != Some(3) || error.is_some() || !restored {
+                failures.push(format!("{targets:?}/{stage}: count={count:?}, error={error:?}, restored={restored}"));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    assert!(failures.is_empty(), "{}", failures.join("\n"));
+}
+
 fn contains(haystack: &[u8], needle: &[u8]) -> bool {
     haystack.windows(needle.len()).any(|w| w == needle)
 }
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/xfa.rs b/crates/engine/src/xfa.rs
index 0c4b19bbd7..b439651c7c 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/xfa.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/xfa.rs
@@ -308,6 +308,10 @@ fn find_container<'a>(n: &'a FormNode, som: &str, depth: usize) -> Option<&'a Fo
     n.children.iter().find_map(|c| find_container(c, som, depth + 1))
 }
 
+fn has_node(n: &FormNode, som: &str, depth: usize) -> bool {
+    depth <= 64 && (n.som == som || n.children.iter().any(|c| has_node(c, som, depth + 1)))
+}
+
 fn count_instances(root: &FormNode, parent_som: &str, name: &str) -> usize {
     let parent = if parent_som.is_empty() { Some(root) } else { find_container(root, parent_som, 0) };
     parent.map_or(0, |p| p.children.iter().filter(|c| c.name == name).count())
@@ -538,7 +542,8 @@ impl<'a, 'b> Runner<'a, 'b> {
 
     fn live(&mut self) -> &LiveForm {
         if self.cached.is_none() {
-            let live = pdfcraft_xfa::form_tree(self.tpl, self.data.as_ref(), &self.ov);
+            let uses = pdfcraft_xfa::page_area_uses(self.doc, self.tpl);
+            let live = pdfcraft_xfa::form_tree_paged(self.tpl, self.data.as_ref(), &self.ov, &uses);
             if live.truncated && !self.truncated_warned {
                 self.truncated_warned = true;
                 self.error(format!(
@@ -933,6 +938,12 @@ impl<'a, 'b> Runner<'a, 'b> {
             self.skipped += 1;
             return Ok(None);
         }
+        // An event listed before a script relaid the form out can name an object that is gone
+        // (a page the form no longer fills, a row removed): it isn't run, rather than run with
+        // `this` at some other object.
+        if !has_node(&self.live().root, &ev.som, 0) {
+            return Ok(None);
+        }
         self.runs += 1;
         #[cfg(test)]
         self.check_live();
@@ -1039,7 +1050,8 @@ impl Runner<'_, '_> {
     #[cfg(test)]
     fn check_live(&mut self) {
         let Some(live) = self.cached.as_ref() else { return };
-        let fresh = pdfcraft_xfa::form_tree(self.tpl, self.data.as_ref(), &self.ov);
+        let uses = pdfcraft_xfa::page_area_uses(self.doc, self.tpl);
+        let fresh = pdfcraft_xfa::form_tree_paged(self.tpl, self.data.as_ref(), &self.ov, &uses);
         let (mut have, mut want) = (Vec::new(), Vec::new());
         collect_fields(&live.root, &mut have, 0);
         collect_fields(&fresh.root, &mut want, 0);
@@ -1344,11 +1356,11 @@ pub(crate) fn clickable_som(doc: &pdfcraft_cos::Document, tpl: &Template, field:
 
 /// The SOM path of a generated field whose template has an `activity` script.
 pub(crate) fn scripted_som(doc: &pdfcraft_cos::Document, tpl: &Template, field: &pdfcraft_forms::Field, activity: &str) -> Option<String> {
-    // Page-master copies have distinct PDF field names but share a SOM path. Reversing
-    // fields_by_som would lose every copy except the last: use the field itself.
+    // The field's own SOM path: each page-master copy has one of its own (`master[1]…`).
     let object = doc.get(field.obj);
     let som = object.as_dict()?.get(pdfcraft_xfa::SOM_KEY).map(|s| doc.resolve(s))?.as_string()?.to_text();
-    let live = pdfcraft_xfa::form_tree(tpl, pdfcraft_xfa::data_of(doc).as_ref(), &pdfcraft_xfa::overrides(doc));
+    let uses = pdfcraft_xfa::page_area_uses(doc, tpl);
+    let live = pdfcraft_xfa::form_tree_paged(tpl, pdfcraft_xfa::data_of(doc).as_ref(), &pdfcraft_xfa::overrides(doc), &uses);
     live.events.iter().any(|e| e.som == som && e.activity == activity).then_some(som)
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/xfa/src/data/path.rs b/crates/xfa/src/data/path.rs
index 44e9cd43b7..23c5e5ba5d 100644
--- a/crates/xfa/src/data/path.rs
+++ b/crates/xfa/src/data/path.rs
@@ -52,7 +52,11 @@ pub fn data_path(tpl: &Template, som: &str) -> DataPath {
     // The template children the next segment is looked up in; `None` until the root matched,
     // and again once a segment is not a container the template has.
     let mut level: Option<&[Node]> = None;
-    for (i, (name, index)) in som_to_path(som).into_iter().enumerate() {
+    let segments = som_to_path(som);
+    let page_area_index = page_area_index(tpl, &segments);
+    for (i, (name, index)) in segments.into_iter().enumerate() {
+        // A page area's SOM index is the page made from it; see [`page_area_index`].
+        let index = if i == 0 { page_area_index.unwrap_or(index) } else { index };
         let found = match level {
             None if i == 0 && tpl.root.common.name.as_deref() == Some(name.as_str()) => Some(Container::Children(&tpl.root.children)),
             None => None,
@@ -77,6 +81,36 @@ pub fn data_path(tpl: &Template, som: &str) -> DataPath {
     out
 }
 
+/// For a SOM path that starts at a page area (`Area[n].…`), the index its first segment takes in
+/// the data path, `None` for any other path. Each page made from a page area has its own SOM
+/// index, so the master content repeated on each page (a page number, an office-use box) binds
+/// apart on every page. A field whose bind shares one data node (`match="global"`, or an
+/// explicit data reference) binds as instance 0 on each page instead, so it shows the same value
+/// on all of them (XFA 3.3, "Page Background": a page-background field binds only through an
+/// explicit data reference).
+fn page_area_index(tpl: &Template, segments: &[(String, usize)]) -> Option<usize> {
+    let ((first, instance), rest) = segments.split_first()?;
+    if tpl.root.common.name.as_deref() == Some(first.as_str()) {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let areas = tpl.root.page_set.as_ref()?;
+    let area = areas.areas.iter().find(|a| a.name.as_deref() == Some(first.as_str()))?;
+    // The object the rest of the path names, inside the page area's own content.
+    let mut nodes: &[Node] = &area.items;
+    let mut target = None;
+    for (name, index) in rest {
+        let found = named_at(nodes, name, *index, 0)?;
+        target = Some(found);
+        nodes = match found {
+            Node::Subform(sf) => &sf.children,
+            Node::Area(a) => &a.children,
+            _ => &[],
+        };
+    }
+    let shared = matches!(target, Some(Node::Field(f)) if f.data_shared);
+    Some(if shared { 0 } else { *instance })
+}
+
 enum Container<'a> {
     Children(&'a [Node]),
     /// Contents bind under the area's parent.
diff --git a/crates/xfa/src/layout.rs b/crates/xfa/src/layout.rs
index 2e61338b67..6eac6757e0 100644
--- a/crates/xfa/src/layout.rs
+++ b/crates/xfa/src/layout.rs
@@ -200,6 +200,11 @@ struct Layouter<'t> {
     /// The flowed subforms being laid out, outermost first: a break between their children
     /// closes their parts on one content area and opens new ones on the next.
     frames: Vec<Frame>,
+    /// What scripts set on page-master content, applied to each page's copy by its own SOM path.
+    overrides: Option<&'t crate::script::Overrides>,
+    /// The pages' copies of master content that overrides changed, kept for the whole layout so
+    /// their addresses stay unique (the measurement cache keys on them).
+    master_copies: Vec<Rc<Vec<Node>>>,
 }
 
 /// How many instances of a repeating subform to lay out: what the data holds once it holds
@@ -212,6 +217,17 @@ pub fn instance_count(occur: &Occur, from_data: usize) -> usize {
 
 /// Lay a template out, with the values and repeat counts of `data` (the `xfa:data` element).
 pub fn layout(tpl: &Template, data: Option<&DataNode>) -> Result<Form, XfaError> {
+    layout_inner(tpl, data, None)
+}
+
+/// [`layout`], with what scripts set (`ov`) applied to page-master content page by page: a
+/// field hidden on the second page made from a page area is hidden there only. The rest of the
+/// template takes `ov` before this ([`crate::script::apply_overrides`]).
+pub fn layout_with_overrides(tpl: &Template, data: Option<&DataNode>, ov: &crate::script::Overrides) -> Result<Form, XfaError> {
+    layout_inner(tpl, data, Some(ov))
+}
+
+fn layout_inner(tpl: &Template, data: Option<&DataNode>, overrides: Option<&crate::script::Overrides>) -> Result<Form, XfaError> {
     let areas = match &tpl.root.page_set {
         Some(ps) if !ps.areas.is_empty() => ps.areas.clone(),
         _ => vec![PageArea {
@@ -253,6 +269,8 @@ pub fn layout(tpl: &Template, data: Option<&DataNode>) -> Result<Form, XfaError>
         field_border: None,
         views: Views::ALL,
         frames: Vec::new(),
+        overrides,
+        master_copies: Vec::new(),
     };
     let ctx = Ctx { font: Font::default(), para: Para::default(), som: String::new() };
     l.new_page()?;
diff --git a/crates/xfa/src/layout/items.rs b/crates/xfa/src/layout/items.rs
index 1a8c6999d0..c42cd1f24b 100644
--- a/crates/xfa/src/layout/items.rs
+++ b/crates/xfa/src/layout/items.rs
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ pub struct Page {
     pub width: f64,
     pub height: f64,
     pub items: Vec<Item>,
+    /// The name of the page area the page was made from (`None` for an unnamed one).
+    pub area: Option<String>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq)]
diff --git a/crates/xfa/src/layout/pages.rs b/crates/xfa/src/layout/pages.rs
index 9f6c00ae75..3d4e114c9d 100644
--- a/crates/xfa/src/layout/pages.rs
+++ b/crates/xfa/src/layout/pages.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 use super::EMBED_COPIED;
 use super::items::{Item, Page, UNDERLINE_DROP};
 use super::{
-    Block, Border, Common, Ctx, Cursor, FlowMark, Font, Frame, Layouter, MAX_DRAW_CHARS, MAX_ITEMS, MAX_MEASURES, MAX_PAGES, PAGE_COUNT_MARK,
+    Block, Border, Common, Ctx, Cursor, FlowMark, Font, Frame, Layouter, MAX_DRAW_CHARS, MAX_ITEMS, MAX_MEASURES, MAX_PAGES, Node, PAGE_COUNT_MARK,
     PageRole, Para, Rc, Rect, SomIndices, Views, XfaError, data_path, text,
 };
 
@@ -144,17 +144,33 @@ impl Layouter<'_> {
         if let Some(u) = self.uses.get_mut(idx) {
             *u += 1;
         }
-        self.pages.push(Page { width: area.width, height: area.height, items: Vec::new() });
+        self.pages.push(Page { width: area.width, height: area.height, items: Vec::new(), area: area.name.clone() });
         let content = area.content.first().copied().unwrap_or(Rect::new(0.0, 0.0, area.width, area.height));
         self.cur = Some(Cursor { area: idx, content: 0, rect: content, y: content.y, placed: false });
-        // Master page content: positioned draws and fields.
-        let ctx = Ctx { font: Font::default(), para: Para::default(), som: area.name.clone().map(|n| format!("{n}[0]")).unwrap_or_default() };
+        // Master page content: positioned draws and fields. The page area's own SOM index counts
+        // the pages made from it, so a field repeated on each page (a page number, an office-use
+        // box) has a path of its own per page rather than every page sharing `[0]`.
+        let instance = self.uses.get(idx).map_or(0, |u| u.saturating_sub(1));
+        let ctx =
+            Ctx { font: Font::default(), para: Para::default(), som: area.name.clone().map(|n| format!("{n}[{instance}]")).unwrap_or_default() };
         let page_rect = Rect::new(0.0, 0.0, area.width, area.height);
-        let sibs = SomIndices::of(&area.items);
+        // What scripts set on this page's master content (a button hidden on this page only) goes
+        // on a copy of it for this page; other pages keep the template's.
+        let prefix = format!("{}.", ctx.som);
+        let copy =
+            self.overrides.filter(|ov| !ctx.som.is_empty() && ov.presence.keys().chain(ov.access.keys()).any(|k| k.starts_with(&prefix))).map(|ov| {
+                let mut copy = area.items.clone();
+                crate::script::apply_overrides_to(&mut copy, &ctx.som, ov, 1);
+                let copy = Rc::new(copy);
+                self.master_copies.push(Rc::clone(&copy));
+                copy
+            });
+        let items: &[Node] = copy.as_deref().map_or(&area.items, Vec::as_slice);
+        let sibs = SomIndices::of(items);
         // The master page's own objects: shown where they say, whatever the body was drawing
         // when it needed this page.
         let body = std::mem::replace(&mut self.views, Views::ALL);
-        let drawn = area.items.iter().enumerate().try_for_each(|(i, item)| self.draw_positioned_child(item, page_rect, &ctx, 1, sibs.at(i)));
+        let drawn = items.iter().enumerate().try_for_each(|(i, item)| self.draw_positioned_child(item, page_rect, &ctx, 1, sibs.at(i)));
         self.views = body;
         drawn
     }
diff --git a/crates/xfa/src/lib.rs b/crates/xfa/src/lib.rs
index aede631e5f..71dbb19274 100644
--- a/crates/xfa/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/xfa/src/lib.rs
@@ -101,12 +101,12 @@ pub use data::{
 pub use layout::{Action, BorderShape, Form, Item, MAX_PAGES, Page, Widget, WidgetKind, formatted_value, layout};
 pub use packets::{Encoding, Packets, decode as decode_packet, encode as encode_packet, read_packets};
 pub use parse::{measure, numbers_pages, parse};
-pub use pdf::{CLICK_KEY, DATE_KEY, LAYOUT_KEY, NODE_KEY, SOM_KEY, Stripped, XfaShape, existing_layout, strip, xfa_shape};
+pub use pdf::{AREA_KEY, CLICK_KEY, DATE_KEY, LAYOUT_KEY, NODE_KEY, SOM_KEY, Stripped, XfaShape, existing_layout, strip, xfa_shape};
 pub use picture::typed_date;
 pub use script::{
     FormNode, LiveForm, MAX_FORM_NODES, NodeKind, OVERRIDES_KEY, Overrides, ScriptEvent, apply_overrides, data_of, embedded_fields,
-    field_grows_with_text, field_is_embedded, fields_by_som, form_tree, has_focus_scripts, has_scripts, overrides, path_is_embedded, refresh_value,
-    rerender, reset_default, set_overrides, template_of,
+    field_grows_with_text, field_is_embedded, fields_by_som, form_tree, form_tree_paged, has_focus_scripts, has_scripts, overrides, page_area_uses,
+    path_is_embedded, refresh_value, rerender, reset_default, set_overrides, template_of,
 };
 
 #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
@@ -161,8 +161,9 @@ pub fn render_into(doc: &mut Document) -> Result<Report, XfaError> {
     }
     let (tpl, parse_warnings) = parse(&packets.xdp)?;
     let data = parse_datasets(&packets.xdp);
-    let laid = apply_overrides(&tpl, &overrides(doc));
-    let mut form = layout(&laid, data.as_ref())?;
+    let ov = overrides(doc);
+    let laid = apply_overrides(&tpl, &ov);
+    let mut form = layout::layout_with_overrides(&laid, data.as_ref(), &ov)?;
     form.warnings.splice(0..0, parse_warnings);
     if form.pages.is_empty() {
         return Err(XfaError::Malformed("the template laid out to no pages".into()));
diff --git a/crates/xfa/src/model.rs b/crates/xfa/src/model.rs
index b00350d324..daac3b97ca 100644
--- a/crates/xfa/src/model.rs
+++ b/crates/xfa/src/model.rs
@@ -636,6 +636,10 @@ pub struct Field {
     /// The display picture clause (`<format><picture>`), e.g. `date{YYYYMMDD}`: how the value
     /// shows when not being edited, and what scripts read as `formattedValue`.
     pub display_picture: Option<String>,
+    /// Its bind shares one data node among every field that names it: `match="global"`, or an
+    /// explicit data reference (`ref`). On a page area, such a field shows the same value on each
+    /// page made from it (XFA 3.3, "Page Background").
+    pub data_shared: bool,
     /// `<keep intact="contentArea">` or `"pageArea"`: a page break doesn't split the field (XFA 3.3
     /// p. 292). A field's default is `none`.
     pub keep_intact: bool,
diff --git a/crates/xfa/src/parse.rs b/crates/xfa/src/parse.rs
index 3552580297..4541e825e5 100644
--- a/crates/xfa/src/parse.rs
+++ b/crates/xfa/src/parse.rs
@@ -832,6 +832,8 @@ fn parse_field(n: XmlNode, warnings: &mut Vec<String>) -> Field {
         },
         picture: ui.and_then(|u| child(u, "picture")).map(text_of).map(|p| p.trim().to_string()).filter(|p| !p.is_empty()),
         data_picture: child(n, "bind").and_then(|b| child(b, "picture")).map(text_of).map(|p| p.trim().to_string()).filter(|p| !p.is_empty()),
+        data_shared: child(n, "bind")
+            .is_some_and(|b| b.attribute("match").is_some_and(|m| m.trim() == "global") || b.attribute("ref").is_some_and(|r| !r.trim().is_empty())),
         scripts,
         calculate: child(n, "calculate").and_then(|c| child(c, "script")).map(|s| parse_script(s, "calculate")),
         validate: validate_el.and_then(|v| child(v, "script")).map(|s| parse_script(s, "validate")),
diff --git a/crates/xfa/src/pdf.rs b/crates/xfa/src/pdf.rs
index d4f1095a2b..4c7c822216 100644
--- a/crates/xfa/src/pdf.rs
+++ b/crates/xfa/src/pdf.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ pub const DATE_KEY: &[u8] = b"PCXfaDate";
 /// fields they hold.
 pub const NODE_KEY: &[u8] = b"PCXfaNode";
 
+/// Private key on each page laying the form out writes: the name of the page area the page was
+/// made from. The n-th page with a name is that area's `[n-1]` instance, which scripts address
+/// even when no field on the page is left to show it (see `page_area_uses`).
+pub const AREA_KEY: &[u8] = b"PCXfaArea";
+
 pub struct Written {
     pub pages: usize,
     pub fields: usize,
@@ -871,6 +876,9 @@ impl Emitter<'_> {
         pd.set(b"MediaBox".to_vec(), Object::Array([0.0, 0.0, page.width, page.height].iter().map(|v| Object::Real(*v)).collect()));
         pd.set(b"Resources".to_vec(), Object::Dict(res));
         pd.set(b"Contents".to_vec(), Object::Ref(contents));
+        if let Some(area) = &page.area {
+            pd.set(AREA_KEY.to_vec(), Object::String(PdfString::text(area)));
+        }
         if !annots.is_empty() {
             pd.set(b"Annots".to_vec(), Object::Array(annots));
         }
diff --git a/crates/xfa/src/script.rs b/crates/xfa/src/script.rs
index 600f06b979..9e8575c624 100644
--- a/crates/xfa/src/script.rs
+++ b/crates/xfa/src/script.rs
@@ -418,32 +418,48 @@ impl Walker<'_> {
 /// from the template and `ov`) and every scripted event, in document order, within
 /// [`MAX_FORM_NODES`] objects.
 pub fn form_tree(tpl: &Template, data: Option<&DataNode>, ov: &Overrides) -> LiveForm {
+    form_tree_paged(tpl, data, ov, &HashMap::new())
+}
+
+/// [`form_tree`] for a laid-out form whose page areas made `uses` pages each, by name
+/// ([`page_area_uses`]): the master content of each of those pages is a node of its own
+/// (`master[0]`, `master[1]`, …), as the layout names its fields, so a button repeated on every
+/// page runs its click script as itself. A page area not in `uses` gets one node.
+pub fn form_tree_paged(tpl: &Template, data: Option<&DataNode>, ov: &Overrides, uses: &HashMap<String, usize>) -> LiveForm {
     let mut w = Walker { tpl, data, ov, events: Vec::new(), script_bytes: 0, nodes: 0, truncated: false };
     let root = Node::Subform(Box::new(tpl.root.clone()));
     let mut nodes = w.children(std::slice::from_ref(&root), "", 0);
     let mut root_node = nodes.pop().unwrap_or_default();
     // Page masters' fields (Print and Save buttons, page numbers) belong to the layout model
-    // in XFA; they hang off the root here, under their page area's name, as the layouter
-    // names them, so their click scripts can run.
+    // in XFA; they hang off the root here, under their page area's name, one node per page made
+    // from it, as the layouter names them, so their click scripts can run.
     if let Some(ps) = &tpl.root.page_set {
         for (i, area) in ps.areas.iter().enumerate() {
-            let som = area.name.clone().map(|n| format!("{n}[0]")).unwrap_or_else(|| format!("#pageArea[{i}]"));
-            let children = w.children(&area.items, &som, 1);
-            if children.is_empty() {
-                continue;
+            // A name two areas share stays one node: its pages can't be told apart by it.
+            let unique = area.name.as_ref().is_some_and(|n| ps.areas.iter().filter(|a| a.name.as_ref() == Some(n)).count() == 1);
+            let pages = match &area.name {
+                Some(n) if unique => uses.get(n).copied().unwrap_or(1).clamp(1, crate::layout::MAX_PAGES),
+                _ => 1,
+            };
+            for page in 0..pages {
+                let som = area.name.clone().map(|n| format!("{n}[{page}]")).unwrap_or_else(|| format!("#pageArea[{i}]"));
+                let children = w.children(&area.items, &som, 1);
+                if children.is_empty() {
+                    break;
+                }
+                root_node.children.push(FormNode {
+                    name: area.name.clone().unwrap_or_else(|| "#pageArea".into()),
+                    som,
+                    kind: Some(NodeKind::Area),
+                    presence: "visible".into(),
+                    access: "open".into(),
+                    occur_min: 1,
+                    occur_max: Some(1),
+                    index: page,
+                    children,
+                    ..Default::default()
+                });
             }
-            root_node.children.push(FormNode {
-                name: area.name.clone().unwrap_or_else(|| "#pageArea".into()),
-                som,
-                kind: Some(NodeKind::Area),
-                presence: "visible".into(),
-                access: "open".into(),
-                occur_min: 1,
-                occur_max: Some(1),
-                index: 0,
-                children,
-                ..Default::default()
-            });
         }
     }
     LiveForm { root: root_node, events: w.events, truncated: w.truncated }
@@ -495,81 +511,84 @@ pub fn has_focus_scripts(tpl: &Template) -> bool {
     walk(&tpl.root.children, 1) || tpl.root.page_set.as_ref().is_some_and(|ps| ps.areas.iter().any(|a| walk(&a.items, 1)))
 }
 
-/// The template with `ov` applied to its objects (instance 0 of each; scripts that hide one
-/// instance of a repeating subform hide them all).
-pub fn apply_overrides(tpl: &Template, ov: &Overrides) -> Template {
-    /// Set the presence `ov` gives each of `nodes` (children of `parent_som`) and their descendants,
-    /// down to [`MAX_DEPTH`], and the access it gives a field outside an exclusion group. An unnamed
-    /// draw, area or subform shares its parent's SOM path, so it takes no override of its own.
-    fn walk(nodes: &mut [Node], parent_som: &str, ov: &Overrides, depth: usize) {
-        if depth > MAX_DEPTH {
-            return;
-        }
-        let sibs = SomIndices::of(nodes);
-        for (i, n) in nodes.iter_mut().enumerate() {
-            let sib = sibs.at(i);
-            let name_default = match n {
-                Node::Field(_) => Some("field"),
-                Node::ExclGroup(_) => Some("group"),
-                _ => None,
-            };
-            let name = n.common().name.as_deref().or(name_default);
-            let som = child_som(parent_som, name, sib);
-            // An unnamed draw, area or subform has no SOM name: `som` is its parent's, and so are
-            // the overrides under it.
-            let presence = name.and_then(|_| ov.presence.get(&som)).map(|p| Presence::parse(Some(p)));
-            let access = name.and_then(|_| ov.access.get(&som)).cloned();
-            match n {
-                Node::Subform(s) => {
-                    if let Some(p) = presence {
-                        s.common.presence = p;
-                    }
-                    walk(&mut s.children, &som, ov, depth + 1);
+/// Set the presence `ov` gives each of `nodes` (children of `parent_som`) and their descendants,
+/// down to [`MAX_DEPTH`], and the access it gives a field outside an exclusion group. An unnamed
+/// draw, area or subform shares its parent's SOM path, so it takes no override of its own.
+pub(crate) fn apply_overrides_to(nodes: &mut [Node], parent_som: &str, ov: &Overrides, depth: usize) {
+    if depth > MAX_DEPTH {
+        return;
+    }
+    let sibs = SomIndices::of(nodes);
+    for (i, n) in nodes.iter_mut().enumerate() {
+        let sib = sibs.at(i);
+        let name_default = match n {
+            Node::Field(_) => Some("field"),
+            Node::ExclGroup(_) => Some("group"),
+            _ => None,
+        };
+        let name = n.common().name.as_deref().or(name_default);
+        let som = child_som(parent_som, name, sib);
+        // An unnamed draw, area or subform has no SOM name: `som` is its parent's, and so are
+        // the overrides under it.
+        let presence = name.and_then(|_| ov.presence.get(&som)).map(|p| Presence::parse(Some(p)));
+        let access = name.and_then(|_| ov.access.get(&som)).cloned();
+        match n {
+            Node::Subform(s) => {
+                if let Some(p) = presence {
+                    s.common.presence = p;
                 }
-                Node::Area(a) => {
-                    if let Some(p) = presence {
-                        a.common.presence = p;
-                    }
-                    walk(&mut a.children, &som, ov, depth + 1);
+                apply_overrides_to(&mut s.children, &som, ov, depth + 1);
+            }
+            Node::Area(a) => {
+                if let Some(p) = presence {
+                    a.common.presence = p;
                 }
-                Node::Field(f) => {
-                    if let Some(p) = presence {
-                        f.common.presence = p;
-                    }
-                    if let Some(a) = access {
-                        f.access = match a.as_str() {
-                            "readOnly" => Access::ReadOnly,
-                            "protected" => Access::Protected,
-                            "nonInteractive" => Access::NonInteractive,
-                            _ => Access::Open,
-                        };
-                    }
+                apply_overrides_to(&mut a.children, &som, ov, depth + 1);
+            }
+            Node::Field(f) => {
+                if let Some(p) = presence {
+                    f.common.presence = p;
                 }
-                Node::Draw(d) => {
-                    if let Some(p) = presence {
-                        d.common.presence = p;
-                    }
+                if let Some(a) = access {
+                    f.access = match a.as_str() {
+                        "readOnly" => Access::ReadOnly,
+                        "protected" => Access::Protected,
+                        "nonInteractive" => Access::NonInteractive,
+                        _ => Access::Open,
+                    };
                 }
-                Node::ExclGroup(g) => {
-                    if let Some(p) = presence {
-                        g.common.presence = p;
-                    }
-                    let fields: Vec<Node> = g.fields.iter().map(|f| Node::Field(Box::new(f.clone()))).collect();
-                    let fsibs = SomIndices::of(&fields);
-                    for (fi, f) in g.fields.iter_mut().enumerate() {
-                        let fsom = child_som(&som, f.common.name.as_deref().or(Some("field")), fsibs.at(fi));
-                        if let Some(p) = ov.presence.get(&fsom) {
-                            f.common.presence = Presence::parse(Some(p));
-                        }
+            }
+            Node::Draw(d) => {
+                if let Some(p) = presence {
+                    d.common.presence = p;
+                }
+            }
+            Node::ExclGroup(g) => {
+                if let Some(p) = presence {
+                    g.common.presence = p;
+                }
+                let fields: Vec<Node> = g.fields.iter().map(|f| Node::Field(Box::new(f.clone()))).collect();
+                let fsibs = SomIndices::of(&fields);
+                for (fi, f) in g.fields.iter_mut().enumerate() {
+                    let fsom = child_som(&som, f.common.name.as_deref().or(Some("field")), fsibs.at(fi));
+                    if let Some(p) = ov.presence.get(&fsom) {
+                        f.common.presence = Presence::parse(Some(p));
                     }
                 }
             }
         }
     }
+}
+
+/// The template with `ov` applied to its objects (instance 0 of each; scripts that hide one
+/// instance of a repeating subform hide them all). Page-master content is left as it is: a page
+/// area makes many pages, each with its own SOM path, so `ov` is applied to it page by page as
+/// the pages are laid out ([`crate::layout::layout_with_overrides`]).
+pub fn apply_overrides(tpl: &Template, ov: &Overrides) -> Template {
     let mut t = tpl.clone();
     if !ov.is_empty() {
         let mut root = vec![Node::Subform(Box::new(t.root.clone()))];
-        walk(&mut root, "", ov, 0);
+        apply_overrides_to(&mut root, "", ov, 0);
         if let Some(Node::Subform(r)) = root.pop() {
             t.root = *r;
         }
@@ -656,6 +675,40 @@ pub fn reset_default(tpl: &Template, som: &str) -> Option<String> {
     }
 }
 
+/// How many pages the layout made from each named page area of `tpl`: the master content of the
+/// n-th page from area `master` is `master[n-1]`. Each page the layout wrote names its area
+/// ([`crate::AREA_KEY`]), so a page whose master fields are all hidden still counts; a file laid
+/// out before pages were named shows it by its generated fields. Areas neither shows are left out
+/// (one page's worth, to [`form_tree_paged`]).
+pub fn page_area_uses(doc: &Document, tpl: &Template) -> HashMap<String, usize> {
+    let mut out: HashMap<String, usize> = HashMap::new();
+    let Some(ps) = &tpl.root.page_set else { return out };
+    let is_area = |name: &str| tpl.root.common.name.as_deref() != Some(name) && ps.areas.iter().any(|a| a.name.as_deref() == Some(name));
+    // The flat page list laying the form out writes.
+    let pages = doc.root().and_then(|r| doc.get(r).as_dict().and_then(|c| c.get(b"Pages")).map(|p| doc.resolve(p)));
+    let kids =
+        pages.and_then(|p| p.as_dict().and_then(|d| d.get(b"Kids")).map(|k| doc.resolve(k))).and_then(|k| k.as_array().cloned()).unwrap_or_default();
+    for page in kids.iter().filter_map(Object::as_ref).take(crate::layout::MAX_PAGES) {
+        let page = doc.get(page);
+        let Some(name) = page.as_dict().and_then(|d| d.get(crate::AREA_KEY)).and_then(Object::as_string).map(PdfString::to_text) else { continue };
+        if is_area(&name) {
+            let pages = out.entry(name).or_insert(0);
+            *pages = pages.saturating_add(1).min(crate::layout::MAX_PAGES);
+        }
+    }
+    for som in fields_by_som(doc).keys() {
+        let first = som.split('.').next().unwrap_or_default();
+        let Some((name, rest)) = first.split_once('[') else { continue };
+        let Some(index) = rest.strip_suffix(']').and_then(|i| i.parse::<usize>().ok()) else { continue };
+        if !is_area(name) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        let pages = out.entry(name.to_string()).or_insert(1);
+        *pages = (*pages).max(index.saturating_add(1)).min(crate::layout::MAX_PAGES);
+    }
+    out
+}
+
 /// Lay the form out again from its template, data and overrides, replacing the pages and the
 /// generated fields (a script added a row or hid a subform).
 pub fn rerender(doc: &mut Document, tpl: &Template) -> Result<Report, XfaError> {
@@ -663,7 +716,7 @@ pub fn rerender(doc: &mut Document, tpl: &Template) -> Result<Report, XfaError>
     let data = parse_datasets(&packets.xdp);
     let ov = overrides(doc);
     let laid = apply_overrides(tpl, &ov);
-    let form = crate::layout(&laid, data.as_ref())?;
+    let form = crate::layout::layout_with_overrides(&laid, data.as_ref(), &ov)?;
     if form.pages.is_empty() {
         return Err(XfaError::Malformed("the template laid out to no pages".into()));
     }
diff --git a/crates/xfa/src/tests.rs b/crates/xfa/src/tests.rs
index 6356f4892d..89d603ce83 100644
--- a/crates/xfa/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/xfa/src/tests.rs
@@ -2783,6 +2783,47 @@ fn page_area_without_occur_serves_every_body_page() {
     assert_eq!(soms[4].iter().filter(|s| s.contains("PrintButton")).count(), 1, "the required page is laid out once: {soms:?}");
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn page_master_content_repeated_on_each_page_has_its_own_som_index() {
+    // One page area (no occur limit) serves three body pages and carries a field in its own
+    // master content. Each page's copy of that field gets the page area's instance index, so the
+    // three do not share one SOM path (and one data node).
+    let section = |n: u32| {
+        format!(
+            r#"<subform name="s{n}" layout="tb"><breakBefore targetType="pageArea" startNew="1"/><field name="f{n}" w="2in" h="0.3in"><ui><textEdit/></ui></field></subform>"#
+        )
+    };
+    let xdp = format!(
+        r##"<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<xdp:xdp xmlns:xdp="http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/">
+<template xmlns="http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/3.3/">
+<subform name="form" layout="tb">
+ <pageSet>
+  <pageArea name="Body"><contentArea x="0.5in" y="0.5in" w="7.5in" h="2in"/><medium short="8.5in" long="11in"/>
+   <field name="pageNo" x="7in" y="10in" w="1in" h="0.3in"><ui><textEdit/></ui></field>
+   <field name="total" x="1in" y="10in" w="1in" h="0.3in"><ui><textEdit/></ui><bind match="global"/></field>
+  </pageArea>
+ </pageSet>
+ {}{}{}
+</subform>
+</template>
+</xdp:xdp>
+"##,
+        section(1),
+        section(2),
+        section(3)
+    );
+    let form = layout_xml(&xdp).unwrap();
+    let page_nos: Vec<String> = form.pages.iter().flat_map(|p| widgets(p)).filter(|w| w.som.contains("pageNo")).map(|w| w.som.clone()).collect();
+    assert_eq!(page_nos, ["Body[0].pageNo[0]", "Body[1].pageNo[0]", "Body[2].pageNo[0]"], "each page's master field has its own index");
+    // Its data path keeps that index, so each page binds apart; a field whose bind is global
+    // shares one data node, so every page binds it as instance 0 (XFA 3.3, "Page Background").
+    let (tpl, _) = crate::parse(&xdp).unwrap();
+    let dp = |som: &str| crate::data_path(&tpl, som);
+    assert_eq!(dp("Body[2].pageNo[0]"), crate::som_to_path("Body[2].pageNo[0]"));
+    assert_eq!(dp("Body[2].total[0]"), crate::som_to_path("Body[0].total[0]"), "a global field binds as instance 0 on each page");
+}
+
 /// A page area's `occur min` is a page it must have even when the body never reaches it, and a
 /// body that already used it does not get another. An area with no `<occur>` needs none.
 #[test]
@@ -5295,6 +5336,75 @@ fn a_row_outside_a_table_keeps_its_minimum_height() {
     }
 }
 
+/// What a script sets on page-master content (a field hidden on the second page made from a
+/// page area) is applied to that page's copy only, when the form is laid out again: the other
+/// pages keep the field.
+#[test]
+fn a_script_hiding_master_content_on_one_page_hides_it_there_only() {
+    let section = |n: u32| {
+        format!(
+            r#"<subform name="s{n}" layout="tb"><breakBefore targetType="pageArea" startNew="1"/><field name="f{n}" w="2in" h="0.3in"><ui><textEdit/></ui></field></subform>"#
+        )
+    };
+    let xdp = format!(
+        r##"<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<xdp:xdp xmlns:xdp="http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/">
+<template xmlns="http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/3.3/">
+<subform name="form" layout="tb">
+ <pageSet>
+  <pageArea name="Body"><contentArea x="0.5in" y="0.5in" w="7.5in" h="2in"/><medium short="8.5in" long="11in"/>
+   <field name="pageNo" x="7in" y="10in" w="1in" h="0.3in"><ui><textEdit/></ui></field>
+  </pageArea>
+ </pageSet>
+ {}{}{}
+</subform>
+</template>
+</xdp:xdp>
+"##,
+        section(1),
+        section(2),
+        section(3)
+    );
+    let (tpl, _) = crate::parse(&xdp).unwrap();
+    let mut ov = Overrides::default();
+    ov.presence.insert("Body[1].pageNo[0]".into(), "hidden".into());
+    let laid = apply_overrides(&tpl, &ov);
+    let form = crate::layout::layout_with_overrides(&laid, None, &ov).unwrap();
+    let has: Vec<bool> = form.pages.iter().map(|p| widgets(p).iter().any(|w| w.som.contains("pageNo"))).collect();
+    assert_eq!(has, [true, false, true], "hidden on the second page only");
+}
+
+/// Hidden master widgets still count their page area, and removed pages leave no
+/// stale count when a page set has several page areas (wireless89, #5368).
+#[test]
+fn page_area_uses_follow_hidden_masters_and_shrink_with_multiple_areas() {
+    let xml = fixtures::repeated_print_button_template()
+        .replace(
+            "<pageSet><pageArea name=\"master\"><occur max=\"-1\"/>",
+            r#"<pageSet><pageArea name="Cover"><occur max="1"/><contentArea w="540pt" h="648pt"/><medium short="612pt" long="792pt"/>
+<field name="hidden" presence="hidden"><ui><textEdit/></ui></field></pageArea><pageArea name="master"><occur max="-1"/>"#,
+        )
+        .replace("<occur max=\"-1\"/>", "<occur min=\"0\" max=\"-1\"/>")
+        .replace("name=\"PrintButton1\"", "name=\"PrintButton1\" presence=\"hidden\"");
+    let (tpl, _) = parse(&xml).unwrap();
+    let mut doc = Document::open(Arc::new(shell(&xml))).unwrap();
+    render_into(&mut doc).unwrap();
+    let uses = page_area_uses(&doc, &tpl);
+    assert_eq!(uses.get("Cover"), Some(&1));
+    assert_eq!(uses.get("master"), Some(&2));
+    let mut ov = Overrides::default();
+    ov.presence.insert("form[0].page3[0]".into(), "hidden".into());
+    set_overrides(&mut doc, &ov).unwrap();
+    rerender(&mut doc, &tpl).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(page_area_uses(&doc, &tpl).get("master"), Some(&1));
+    ov.presence.insert("form[0].page2[0]".into(), "hidden".into());
+    set_overrides(&mut doc, &ov).unwrap();
+    rerender(&mut doc, &tpl).unwrap();
+    let uses = page_area_uses(&doc, &tpl);
+    assert_eq!(uses.get("Cover"), Some(&1));
+    assert!(!uses.contains_key("master"), "removed pages leave no stale occurrence metadata: {uses:?}");
+}
+
 /// The pages of `form[0].last[0].f[0]` and of the field `after` that follows `last`, when `last`
 /// holds `before` ahead of `f` and `after` behind it. A breakAfter acts after its subform, so the
 /// page of `after` shows whether it broke.