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Reza
 
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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

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Jay Freedman
 
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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.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
 
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Instead of using the NumPages field, use a calculated field:

{ = { NUMPAGES } - 1)

Note, however, that the title page should really be page 1.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Reza" wrote in message
...
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


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If you have only one section break, then use Page {page number} or {section
pages} instead. If you don't have a section break, then insert a next-page
section break at the bottom of the cover page, and THEN use the section
pages. Section pages can be found by Insert--Field, Numbering...
*******************
~Anne Troy

www.OfficeArticles.com


"Reza" wrote in message
...
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



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Reza
 
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Susan
I am trying to use the calculated field but I can not do it as I do noy know
how to.
Can you explain to me how I need to proceed?

Thanks

Reza


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Instead of using the NumPages field, use a calculated field:

{ = { NUMPAGES } - 1)

Note, however, that the title page should really be page 1.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Reza" wrote in message
...
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





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Hi, Reza. What Suzanne intends: After you insert your page number field, hit
Alt+F9 (or Tools--Options, View and tick Field codes) so you can see the
code behind the page numbering, which will look like:
{ NUMPAGES }

You need to click inside of it, hit Ctrl+F9, and then edit it to make it
look like this:
{= {NUMPAGES}-1}

Then you can Alt+F9 again to turn off viewing the codes.

*******************
~Anne Troy

www.OfficeArticles.com






"Reza" wrote in message
...
Susan
I am trying to use the calculated field but I can not do it as I do noy

know
how to.
Can you explain to me how I need to proceed?

Thanks

Reza


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Instead of using the NumPages field, use a calculated field:

{ = { NUMPAGES } - 1)

Note, however, that the title page should really be page 1.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the

newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Reza" wrote in message
...
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





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I beliee what Reza's intended question and what my question was is how to change the total page counter not the page numbering in headers/footers. Is there a way to do this.

(Like how to change picture file srg.png but NOT rgs.png)

Quote:
Originally Posted by Anne Troy View Post
Hi, Reza. What Suzanne intends: After you insert your page number field, hit
Alt+F9 (or Tools--Options, View and tick Field codes) so you can see the
code behind the page numbering, which will look like:
{ NUMPAGES }

You need to click inside of it, hit Ctrl+F9, and then edit it to make it
look like this:
{= {NUMPAGES}-1}

Then you can Alt+F9 again to turn off viewing the codes.

*******************
~Anne Troy

www.OfficeArticles.com






"Reza" wrote in message
...
Susan
I am trying to use the calculated field but I can not do it as I do noy

know
how to.
Can you explain to me how I need to proceed?

Thanks

Reza


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Instead of using the NumPages field, use a calculated field:

{ = { NUMPAGES } - 1)

Note, however, that the title page should really be page 1.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site:
http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the

newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Reza" wrote in message
...
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


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I beliee what Reza's intended question and what my question was is how to change the total page counter not the page numbering in headers/footers. Is there a way to do this.

(Like how to change picture file srg.png but NOT rgs.png)
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