[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Using Ctrl+F9 to insert each pair of field delimiters, use the following
field construction:

{ IF { PAGE } 3 { = { PAGE } - 3 } }

To toggle off the display of the field codes, use Alt+F9

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Hope this helps,

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"keevers" wrote in message
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hi, im doing a thesis and i need to keep everything in the same word
document
but want the page numbering to begin on page 4 but to say that its page 1.
in
other words, i dont want a header on the cover page or the title page,
etc. i
tried putting in the code you have above, but cant manage to hide the
code,
am i supposed to be typing it straight into the header field?

thanks for your help,

C