Obvious difficulty with Page numbering which should be a simple fe

[Ivanho]

I have taken the trouble to review all the related previous posts but do not
see the answer to meet my needs.

I have a 7 page document which consists of a front and back cover 2 pages
each and so far 3 pages of report.

Page 2 is followed by a section break next page while page 5 is followed by
a section break next page. In addition I also put a section break at the end
of the document which I should not need.

Numbering starts on page 3 as page 1 of Y which seems to work fine.
However, page 4 and 5 do not display page numbers while page 6 displays page
1 of 6 and page 7 is blank again.

I actually want to end the numbering in section 2. It is not clear what is
happening.
It seems this whole page numbering scene is much more complicated than it
needs to be with all the behind the scenes section influences.

Can someone clarify this basic question which should apply to many of the
simpler documents? My document simply is sandwiched between two sheets front
and back.

Thank you for your time and expertise. It is a shame that the microsoft
designers do not seem to pay much attention to the anguish of their users.

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[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

You need to set up Sections 2 and 3 of your document so that they are not
linked to the previous section and then insert page numbering into the
header/footer of Section 2 and via the Format Page numbering dialog set the
starting number to 1

Alternatively, you can dispense with the Section breaks and just use the
following field construction

{ IF { PAGE } > 2 { IF { PAGE } < { = { NUMPAGES } - 2 } { = { PAGE } -
} } }

You must use Ctrl+F9 to insert each pair of field delimiters { } and use
Alt+F9 to toggle off their display.

You also need to have a space either side of the > and the <

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Hope this helps,

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