Hi, cancel my last I've sorted it, I realised I needed to put two sets of
brackets with CTRL + F9 and toggle the code twice for it to work.

Many thanks, fantastic !!

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Mark


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

{ = { NUMPAGES } - 1}, but it won't update automatically (will update when
you print or Print Preview or explicitly F9).

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"Mark" wrote in message
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I need a field or something that will sits in the main body of the
document
which automatically updates (where possible) the total number of pages
minus
1 in that document, please can anyone assist me with a solution?

Thanks
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Mark