These are fields not text. You need to insert the field boundaries {} with
CTRL+F9 for each pair. Right click and toggle the display (or ALT+F9) then
F9 to update to show the result.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org





Eli75 wrote:
Hi Graham, I tried to copy your string into the footer but it just got
displayed as it is ... { IF{ Page } 1 "Page { ={ Page }-1 } from {
={ Numpages }-1 }" }

Should I enter some information extra or have I made some other
mistake....? (I am using Office 2003). Thank you.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

If there is only the front page causing the problem then you could
avoid section breaks altogether and simply insert a calculated field
in the header/footer . The following will start the numbering from
page 2 in the manner required

{ IF{ Page } 1 "Page { ={ Page }-1 } from { ={ Numpages }-1 }" }

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org





Eli75 wrote:
Hi, I have difficulty to create document that thas a Front Page that
is not numbered, but numbers start from Second Page in document and
have to say "Page No from Number of Pages". The problem is that I
always get figure for Number of Pages the number that includes Front
Page....

I do know how to insert Section Breaks, I do know how to get Page No
1 on second page of whole document BUT IT IS "Number of Pages" that
mess the whole process.