I have a 5-page document, divided into sections. Page numbering begins on
(real) page 2 but is numbered 1, as the first page is intentionally blank. If
I use Page X of Y (Page {PAGE} of {NUMPAGES}), my document reads 1 of 5 etc
(beginning on page 2). Is there any way that I can automatically get Word to
use the "virtual" number of pages, so that the footer would read 1 of 4 etc?

Thanks in advance
Amanda

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm
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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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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I have a 5-page document, divided into sections. Page numbering begins on
(real) page 2 but is numbered 1, as the first page is intentionally blank.
If
I use Page X of Y (Page {PAGE} of {NUMPAGES}), my document reads 1 of 5
etc
(beginning on page 2). Is there any way that I can automatically get Word
to
use the "virtual" number of pages, so that the footer would read 1 of 4
etc?

Thanks in advance
Amanda

Thanks Charles - just what I was looking for! Works a treat

Amanda

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm
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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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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I have a 5-page document, divided into sections. Page numbering begins on
(real) page 2 but is numbered 1, as the first page is intentionally blank.
If
I use Page X of Y (Page {PAGE} of {NUMPAGES}), my document reads 1 of 5
etc
(beginning on page 2). Is there any way that I can automatically get Word
to
use the "virtual" number of pages, so that the footer would read 1 of 4
etc?

Thanks in advance
Amanda

I fail to find anything in that article (which I wrote) that would solve
your problem. If your document has only two sections, you can use the
SectionPages field instead of NumPages for the Y figure, or (regardless of
the number of sections) you can use a calculated field such as:

{ = { NUMPAGES } - 1 }

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"Birmangirl" wrote in message
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Thanks Charles - just what I was looking for! Works a treat

Amanda

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm
--
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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"Birmangirl" wrote in message
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I have a 5-page document, divided into sections. Page numbering begins
on
(real) page 2 but is numbered 1, as the first page is intentionally
blank.
If
I use Page X of Y (Page {PAGE} of {NUMPAGES}), my document reads 1 of
5
etc
(beginning on page 2). Is there any way that I can automatically get
Word
to
use the "virtual" number of pages, so that the footer would read 1 of
4
etc?

Thanks in advance
Amanda