Can I use the field code SECTIONPAGES to show the number of pages in a
particular section? If so, how do I do it?

Yes. Insert | Field: SectionPages.

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"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Can I use the field code SECTIONPAGES to show the number of pages in a
> particular section? If so, how do I do it?

Hi Dave

Dave wrote:
> Can I use the field code SECTIONPAGES to show the number of pages in a
> particular section? If so, how do I do it?

The SECTIONPAGES field always shows the number of pages of the _current_
section.

If you need that anywhere else, there are a couple of ways to get there
I'm sure. You could bookmark a SECTIONPAGES field in the desired section
and replicate it elsewhere with a cross-reference.

[You can set it to white font color if you don't like to show the
information in the section itself, and force a normal font color via
CHARFORMAT switch to the REF field if need be.]

Or you can bookmark the last character of the section and use a PAGEREF
to that to get the page number (that works if the section restarts
numbering at one; else you need to calculate the page number by
referencing the first character of the section, too).

HTH
Robert

This only allows the number of pages in the current section to be displayed.
I have the sections listed at the beginning of a document and wanted to have
the number of pages for each section automatically update.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> Yes. Insert | Field: SectionPages.
>
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> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
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>
> "Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:12CA18EB-807C-497B-B912-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Can I use the field code SECTIONPAGES to show the number of pages in a
> > particular section? If so, how do I do it?
>
>

In that case you need Bob's answer.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> This only allows the number of pages in the current section to be
displayed.
> I have the sections listed at the beginning of a document and wanted to
have
> the number of pages for each section automatically update.
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
> > Yes. Insert | Field: SectionPages.
> >
> > --
> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > Words into Type
> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
> > all may benefit.
> >
> > "Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:12CA18EB-807C-497B-B912-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Can I use the field code SECTIONPAGES to show the number of pages in a
> > > particular section? If so, how do I do it?
> >
> >