One alternative is to use an IF field with nested fields inside, each
field created by pressing Ctrl+F9:
{IF {PAGE} 1 "{= {PAGE} - 1}" ""}
Another alternative -- not necessarily a good one, depending on why
you're doing this -- is to select "Different first page"
header/footers, don't display any page number on the first page, and
either:
- set the page numbering to start with 0, or
- replace the {PAGE} field with the nested formula field
{= {PAGE} - 1}
Note that only the one where you change the starting page number to 0
will behave properly with a table of contents or index; the others
change only the displayed numbers in the headers, not the actual page
numbers that are reported to the TOC and Index fields.
On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 23:44:24 +0100, "Bert Coules"
wrote:
On the subject of headers and page numbers, is there a way of beginning the
page numbering on the second, rather than the first, page of the document,
apart from making the first page a separate section?
Bert
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
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