[D. Liske]

Hi macropod,

I'm thinking that based upon your answer, I didn't write my problem clearly
enough. But, then again, maybe you answered it, and I just don't understand
it. So bear with me, as I try to clarify.

Basically what I do is take two cover pages from another application that
are already numbered Pages 1 and 2. The two pages are a constant. Then
those pages are "married" to my report narrative (my Word doc), and the whole
package is stapled together. Since the first two pages are numbered, my
issue is how to do the X of Y numbering on my word document to accurately
reflect the pages in the report. I don't need the X to start at page 1, as
it will always be page 3. That has not been the tough part. It is the Y
that has caused the problem, as I have to account for the first two, non-Word
pages in the total. And, since the narrative is a variable, there won't
always be the same number of pages in that section.

Therefore, referring back to my example, if my Word narrative is three
pages, then the desired X of Y would be 3 of 5, 4 of 5, 5 of 5. Remember, I
am adding pages 1 and 2 to the package and stapling them together which
brings me to the 5 total pages (Y).

Of course, the easy solutions a

-Don't use X of Y numbering
-Use plain old X of Y, start my narrative on page 3 of the document, print
from page 3 to the last page, or print the entire document and just discard
pages 1 and 2.

I don't know if I've made things more clear or more confusing. But, I
appreciate your time and your response. Regards.

David Liske


"macropod" wrote:

Hi David,

To get your Page 'X of Y' numbering to start at 1 for the 'X' portion, it's
best to insert a 'next page' Section break before that page. Then you need to:
.. select the 'X' portion of the Page 'X of Y' numbering
.. use |Insert|Page Numbers|Format, then click 'Start at' and input '1', then
click 'OK', 'OK'.

If you then want the 'Y' portion of the numbering to count only the numbered
pages, then you need to either:
.. use a {SECTIONPAGES} field instead of the {NUMPAGES} field. This will only
work if your document has only two Sections; or
.. use a formula field to deduct the number of unnumbered pages from the
overall page count. This could be coded as {={NUMPAGES}-2}, where '2' is the
number of unnumbered pages. To create such a field, press Ctrl-F9 twice to
create a pair of nested fields, which will be designated by two pairs of field
braces (i.e '{ { } }'), then type in the coding indicated so that you end up
with {={NUMPAGES}-2}. Then press F9 to update.
Fancier coding can be used to deal with an unnumbered section in which the
number of pages tends to vary. Post back if this is an issue for you.

Cheers


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macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]