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.

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.

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!
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"garfield-n-odie" wrote in message
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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.

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.

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!
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"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.

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!
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"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!
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"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.