How do I use field code SECTIONPAGES for a specific section?

[Guest]

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

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Yes. Insert | Field: SectionPages.

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Words into Type
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[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

Hi Dave

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

 

[Guest]

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]

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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