Number of pages should not include the Table of Content pages.

[Guest]

The number of page function should not include pages that contain a section
break (next page) otherwise when you get to your last page and it reads page
158 of 165 one would think they are missing 7 pages, not realizing that the
page count includes the first 7 pages which is the Table of Contents. HOw do
I fix this?

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Go in header/footer, unlink the footer from the previous one if necessary,
alt-F9 to toggle field codes, edit the field code from { NumPages} to
{SectionPages}

For detailed explanations of how to do all that, try these two links:

http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HeaderFooter.htm
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NumberingFrontMatter.htm

 

[Guest]

This won't work because I have a number of section breaks through out the
document.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Then you'll need to use a calculated field: { = { NUMPAGES } - 7 }.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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