On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 20:30:02 -0700, "Reza"
wrote:

I am producing a word document. The first page is the Document cover and does
not count in page numbering and counting. I want to insert both the page
number and the number of pages in my document footer. I know how to start
with page number 1 for the second page . However I do not know how to obtain
the correct total numbe rof pages excluding the first page. Can anyone help
me please?

The document will have let's say 19 pages in all.
Now the first page will be the cover page
I have to start numbering from the second page onwards (in the footer),
first page does not have a footer
so it will look like
on page 2 of document : Page 1 of 18
on page 3 of document : Page 2 of 18 etc...


thanks

If you used the "Page X of Y" item in the dropdown on the Footer
toolbar, then the number that appears in the footer after the word
"of" is generated by a field. Right-click the number and select Toggle
Field Codes. You should see

{ NUMPAGES }

Without touching the brace characters, edit that to look like

{ SECTIONPAGES }

Then right-click again and select Update Field. It should now show the
proper number -- assuming that you have only one section break and two
sections in your document.

The NUMPAGES field counts all the pages in the document, while the
SECTIONPAGES field counts only the pages in the current section.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org