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Pg numbering XX of YY
I have a document w/ ToC and section breaks. The main body of the document
has a footer reading "Page XX of YY". The problem is that the YY is counting the first several pages including the cover and ToC, even though those are using Roman numerals. The body has 21 pages and the last page reads "Page 21 of 24". How can I make the total pages number field match the page count in the main body section of the document? Thanks for the help. Kamran. |
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If the cover and ToC are in section 1, and everything else is in section
2, then you can change the { NUMPAGES } field to a { SECTIONPAGES } field. Open the footer, press Alt+F9 to display field codes, change the field, press Alt+F9 to display field results, and close the footer. Kamran wrote: I have a document w/ ToC and section breaks. The main body of the document has a footer reading "Page XX of YY". The problem is that the YY is counting the first several pages including the cover and ToC, even though those are using Roman numerals. The body has 21 pages and the last page reads "Page 21 of 24". How can I make the total pages number field match the page count in the main body section of the document? Thanks for the help. Kamran. |
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Otherwise, take a look at
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Number...eNumbering.htm. It shows how to construct fields that add/subtract to actual page counts. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "garfield-n-odie" wrote in message ... If the cover and ToC are in section 1, and everything else is in section 2, then you can change the { NUMPAGES } field to a { SECTIONPAGES } field. Open the footer, press Alt+F9 to display field codes, change the field, press Alt+F9 to display field results, and close the footer. Kamran wrote: I have a document w/ ToC and section breaks. The main body of the document has a footer reading "Page XX of YY". The problem is that the YY is counting the first several pages including the cover and ToC, even though those are using Roman numerals. The body has 21 pages and the last page reads "Page 21 of 24". How can I make the total pages number field match the page count in the main body section of the document? Thanks for the help. Kamran. |
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Thanks, Garfield, I had never used the SECTIONPAGES field before. And it
would have worked in my case, except I forgot I have two more section breaks in my document for a lanscape page I have in the middle. Is there a way to add up page numbers from various sections? In the meantime I've used a page number reference for a heading on the last page, which seems to work okay. "garfield-n-odie" wrote: If the cover and ToC are in section 1, and everything else is in section 2, then you can change the { NUMPAGES } field to a { SECTIONPAGES } field. Open the footer, press Alt+F9 to display field codes, change the field, press Alt+F9 to display field results, and close the footer. Kamran wrote: I have a document w/ ToC and section breaks. The main body of the document has a footer reading "Page XX of YY". The problem is that the YY is counting the first several pages including the cover and ToC, even though those are using Roman numerals. The body has 21 pages and the last page reads "Page 21 of 24". How can I make the total pages number field match the page count in the main body section of the document? Thanks for the help. Kamran. |
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Thanks, Charles, very cool tips in that article. After reading it, I figured
since the cover and ToC take up three pages, I could just use { = { NUMPAGES} - 3 }. That works! "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Otherwise, take a look at http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Number...eNumbering.htm. It shows how to construct fields that add/subtract to actual page counts. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "garfield-n-odie" wrote in message ... If the cover and ToC are in section 1, and everything else is in section 2, then you can change the { NUMPAGES } field to a { SECTIONPAGES } field. Open the footer, press Alt+F9 to display field codes, change the field, press Alt+F9 to display field results, and close the footer. Kamran wrote: I have a document w/ ToC and section breaks. The main body of the document has a footer reading "Page XX of YY". The problem is that the YY is counting the first several pages including the cover and ToC, even though those are using Roman numerals. The body has 21 pages and the last page reads "Page 21 of 24". How can I make the total pages number field match the page count in the main body section of the document? Thanks for the help. Kamran. |
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Glad to have helped. It is a great article for a lot of purposes.
-- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Kamran" wrote in message ... Thanks, Charles, very cool tips in that article. After reading it, I figured since the cover and ToC take up three pages, I could just use { = { NUMPAGES} - 3 }. That works! "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Otherwise, take a look at http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Number...eNumbering.htm. It shows how to construct fields that add/subtract to actual page counts. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "garfield-n-odie" wrote in message ... If the cover and ToC are in section 1, and everything else is in section 2, then you can change the { NUMPAGES } field to a { SECTIONPAGES } field. Open the footer, press Alt+F9 to display field codes, change the field, press Alt+F9 to display field results, and close the footer. Kamran wrote: I have a document w/ ToC and section breaks. The main body of the document has a footer reading "Page XX of YY". The problem is that the YY is counting the first several pages including the cover and ToC, even though those are using Roman numerals. The body has 21 pages and the last page reads "Page 21 of 24". How can I make the total pages number field match the page count in the main body section of the document? Thanks for the help. Kamran. |
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