[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Assuming your page numbering begins at 1 in Section 3 and runs continuously
to the end of Section 10 (not restarting each section), put a bookmark
somewhere on the last page where it won't be deleted inadvertently (and will
be sure to stay on the last page). Then, instead of either NumPages or
SectionPages, use a PageRef referring to the bookmark (Insert | Reference |
Cross-reference to Page number of Bookmark).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"SarahJ" wrote in message
news
I actually have to this situation where I have 10 sections and want to omit
1
and 2. Can you explain how to accomplish this.......Thanks

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Note that this works only if you have a single section to count. If you
had
five sections and wanted to omit only Section 1 from the count, then
you'd
need a different solution (bookmark and PAGEREF field).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"DarlainSanDiego" wrote in
message ...
Thank You, Suzanne!!! That worked beautifully. I will spread this
information around to all the folks who have been asking. Thanks,
again
~Darla

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

In the footer pane, press Alt+F9 to display field codes. Change the
NumPages
field to SectionPages. Alt+F9 again, then F9 to update.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"DarlainSanDiego" wrote in
message ...
I need to creat a file that has two sections. Section 1 is an
Abstract
and
Section 2 is the Narrative. I have created the sections and
inserted
page
numbering (x of y) in the footer of section 2. The Narrative is to
be
no
longer than 20 pages.

The Abstract - Section 1 - no footer at all, but on the status line
it
will
say Sec 1, 1/20.

Narrative - Section 2 - should have footer that says 1 of 20, etc.
It
does
that just fine.. But when you manually count the actual pages, there
are
19
in the Narrative... it's counting the Abstract also. On the first
page
of
the Narrative the status line reads Sec 2, 2/20

How can I make it quit counting the Abstract in the total number of
pages?