Page Numbering - Page X of Y

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Nadihaha

Hi,

I'm currently using Word 2003.

I am busy setting up a template and I need the page numbering to show as
Page X of Y omitting the first 3 pages (Title page, Info page and TOC) So I
can get X to start at 1 no dramas there but Y shows the total amount of pages
in the document.

I thought I'd found the answer with changeing the settings from NUMPAGE to
SECTION but my problem is that I have lots of section breaks as I have lots
of parts of my template locked.

How do I get it to show the amount of ages after the TOC?

Many Thanks
 
Many Thanks. I will use that.

Question though, what happens if (god forbid) my TOC goes over it's one page,

Is there ask it to figure out how many pages exist after a certain section
or the TOC?

I'm trying to make sure this thing is idiot proof!!

If there's no way that's fine.
 
Hi Nadihaha,

The best approach would be to use a 'Next page' Section break to separate the fron matter & TOC from the rest of the document, then
insert a field coded as:
{SET Sectn1 {SECTIONPAGES}}
somewhere in the first Section. Note that this field will seem to disappear after you update it, so you might want to out in
somewhere safe (eg in the header/footer - provided Section 1's header/footer isn't linked to Section 2's header/footer).

Then, for the 'Y' part of the 'Page X of Y' expression, use a formual field coded as:
{=NUMPAGES}-Sectn1}

If you're using multiple Section breaks for the front matter & TOC, insert the SET field in each, using
{SET Sectn# {SECTIONPAGES}}
where # is the Section number. Then expand the formula field to {=NUMPAGES}-Sectn1-Sectn2} etc as required.

Note: The field brace pairs (ie '{ }') for the above examples are created via Ctrl-F9 - you can't simply type them or copy & paste
them from this message.
 
This is part of the warning, of the frontmatter increases and the user does
not know that there is a formula in the footer, probelms will arise.
One way could be to place a Bookmark on the last page of the document body,
make it hidden, then in the Footer instead of NumPage use a cross reference
to the bookmark and show the page of that bookmark.
Again you cannot distribute this file without informing any subsequent user.
I am sure there is a more suble method and someone may hop in here with it.
 
Macropod, nice one, I will remember this solution.
Regards
DeanH


macropod said:
Hi Nadihaha,

The best approach would be to use a 'Next page' Section break to separate the fron matter & TOC from the rest of the document, then
insert a field coded as:
{SET Sectn1 {SECTIONPAGES}}
somewhere in the first Section. Note that this field will seem to disappear after you update it, so you might want to out in
somewhere safe (eg in the header/footer - provided Section 1's header/footer isn't linked to Section 2's header/footer).

Then, for the 'Y' part of the 'Page X of Y' expression, use a formual field coded as:
{=NUMPAGES}-Sectn1}

If you're using multiple Section breaks for the front matter & TOC, insert the SET field in each, using
{SET Sectn# {SECTIONPAGES}}
where # is the Section number. Then expand the formula field to {=NUMPAGES}-Sectn1-Sectn2} etc as required.

Note: The field brace pairs (ie '{ }') for the above examples are created via Ctrl-F9 - you can't simply type them or copy & paste
them from this message.
--
Cheers
macropod
[Microsoft MVP - Word]


Nadihaha said:
Many Thanks. I will use that.

Question though, what happens if (god forbid) my TOC goes over it's one page,

Is there ask it to figure out how many pages exist after a certain section
or the TOC?

I'm trying to make sure this thing is idiot proof!!

If there's no way that's fine.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Thanks heaps guys!!

I'm sure I can get one of those to work

macropod said:
Hi Nadihaha,

The best approach would be to use a 'Next page' Section break to separate the fron matter & TOC from the rest of the document, then
insert a field coded as:
{SET Sectn1 {SECTIONPAGES}}
somewhere in the first Section. Note that this field will seem to disappear after you update it, so you might want to out in
somewhere safe (eg in the header/footer - provided Section 1's header/footer isn't linked to Section 2's header/footer).

Then, for the 'Y' part of the 'Page X of Y' expression, use a formual field coded as:
{=NUMPAGES}-Sectn1}

If you're using multiple Section breaks for the front matter & TOC, insert the SET field in each, using
{SET Sectn# {SECTIONPAGES}}
where # is the Section number. Then expand the formula field to {=NUMPAGES}-Sectn1-Sectn2} etc as required.

Note: The field brace pairs (ie '{ }') for the above examples are created via Ctrl-F9 - you can't simply type them or copy & paste
them from this message.
--
Cheers
macropod
[Microsoft MVP - Word]


Nadihaha said:
Many Thanks. I will use that.

Question though, what happens if (god forbid) my TOC goes over it's one page,

Is there ask it to figure out how many pages exist after a certain section
or the TOC?

I'm trying to make sure this thing is idiot proof!!

If there's no way that's fine.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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