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Want Automatic Numbering to start on second page
I don't want the cover page to have page number or be counted in total pages.
But no matter what I do, the number of pages is not correct when inserting the auto text "Page x of x" in footer. I've tried all kinds of different settings: just telling it first page is different and blank with rest of document as Section 1 footer - or setting up Section 2 footer separate - or setting the cover page to start at page 0 - I've tried section breaks, page breaks - linking footers together or separate, nothing works. The total pages given still is one more than is actually there. The pages (after cover) gives the correct page number, but the total number of pages is wrong - it's still counting the cover page, so it shows "29 of 30." I've looked and looked and can't find it, but isn't there a way to stop the cover page from counting as a page totally? Or is there another fix you can turn me on to? Thanks! |
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Want Automatic Numbering to start on second page
Malia wrote:
I don't want the cover page to have page number or be counted in total pages. But no matter what I do, the number of pages is not correct when inserting the auto text "Page x of x" in footer. I've tried all kinds of different settings: just telling it first page is different and blank with rest of document as Section 1 footer - or setting up Section 2 footer separate - or setting the cover page to start at page 0 - I've tried section breaks, page breaks - linking footers together or separate, nothing works. The total pages given still is one more than is actually there. The pages (after cover) gives the correct page number, but the total number of pages is wrong - it's still counting the cover page, so it shows "29 of 30." I've looked and looked and can't find it, but isn't there a way to stop the cover page from counting as a page totally? Or is there another fix you can turn me on to? Thanks! The "Page X of Y" autotext uses two fields. The X is a {PAGE} field that shows the current page number, taking restarts into account. The Y is a {NUMPAGES} field, which always shows the total number of pages in the entire document. In your case, with a section break to restart numbering at 1 on the second page, you want to replace the {NUMPAGES} field with a {SECTIONPAGES} field to show only the number of pages in section 2. There's another way to get the same result, without a section break but starting the page numbering at 0 on the first page and using an empty "different first page" footer. In the primary footer (showing on all the pages except the first), replace the {NUMPAGES} field with the nested formula field { = {NUMPAGES} - 1 } Select the existing {NUMPAGES} field and then use Ctrl+F9 to insert the outer set of field markers, and type in the rest of the field code. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Want Automatic Numbering to start on second page
Hi Jay,
It took me a minute to figure out how to insert individual fields instead of using auto text, but your first suggestion worked - thank you so much! "Jay Freedman" wrote: The "Page X of Y" autotext uses two fields. The X is a {PAGE} field that shows the current page number, taking restarts into account. The Y is a {NUMPAGES} field, which always shows the total number of pages in the entire document. In your case, with a section break to restart numbering at 1 on the second page, you want to replace the {NUMPAGES} field with a {SECTIONPAGES} field to show only the number of pages in section 2. There's another way to get the same result, without a section break but starting the page numbering at 0 on the first page and using an empty "different first page" footer. In the primary footer (showing on all the pages except the first), replace the {NUMPAGES} field with the nested formula field { = {NUMPAGES} - 1 } Select the existing {NUMPAGES} field and then use Ctrl+F9 to insert the outer set of field markers, and type in the rest of the field code. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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