Place a bookmark on the last page of the document -- let's say you
name the bookmark "lastpage".

In the footer, in place of the "y" in the "x of y", insert the field
{PageRef lastpage} to display the page number of the page that
contains that bookmark.

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On Fri, 12 May 2006 10:31:03 -0700, LisaH
wrote:

My customers want their document to have the page numbering start on what is
actually the 3rd page of the document. I can set the start number of the 3rd
page to 1, but then the final page says "Page 131 of 133." How can I make
that "of total" page number come out correctly?

FYI, I've read several articles on Word page numbering, but none seems to
specifically address this. I gather that I could make it happen if I divided
the document into two sections and numbered the sections differently, but the
document has several landscaped pages and so it already consists of more than
one section.

Thanks!