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?
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" <Birmangirl@discussions.microsoft.com> 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
Thanks Charles - just what I was looking for! Works a treat :)
Amanda
"Charles Kenyon" wrote:
> http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NumberingFrontMatter.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" <Birmangirl@discussions.microsoft.com> 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
>
>
>
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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Words into Type
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"Birmangirl" <Birmangirl@discussions.microsoft.com> 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/NumberingFrontMatter.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!
> > --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
> > This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
> > and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
> > from my ignorance and your wisdom.
> >
> > "Birmangirl" <Birmangirl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:4D80242A-D14F-4035-8F9E-5AC4568FF14F@microsoft.com...
> > >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
> >
> >
> >
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