Field for (Starting Page)?

[Heather]

Is there a field in Word that I can use to calculate Total Page numbers when
the starting page number is not one.
I found a help topic that explained that I needed to look up
(StartingNumber), but that is the information I would like to automate.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Use a NUMPAGES field

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[Heather]

NUMPAGES is giving me the total number of pages of the Word Document (In this
case it is 4 pages in the Word Document) . I am changing the starting page
number to 3 (so the entire Document has 7 pages). However, if I just use
NUMPAGES, and use "Page # of # format", my last page is listed as "Page 7 of
4".
is there a way to add NUMPAGES and (StartingPage) to get a total,
automatically?

 

[Jay Freedman]

is there a way to add NUMPAGES and (StartingPage) to get a total,

Put a bookmark on the last page of the document -- let's say you name it
LastPage. Then replace the NUMPAGES field in the footer with the field
{PAGEREF LastPage}. It will display the page number assigned to the last
page, such as 7 in your example.

Equivalently, put a bookmark (say, FirstPage) on the first numbered page.
Then the footer field would be

{ = {NUMPAGES} + {PAGEREF FirstPage} - 1 }

Each pair of field markers must be inserted by pressing Ctrl+F9, not by
typing brace characters. This does what you originally proposed, but it's
more complicated than the first way.

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[Heather]

Beautiful. Thank you!

Put a bookmark on the last page of the document -- let's say you name it
LastPage. Then replace the NUMPAGES field in the footer with the field
{PAGEREF LastPage}. It will display the page number assigned to the last
page, such as 7 in your example.

Equivalently, put a bookmark (say, FirstPage) on the first numbered page.
Then the footer field would be

{ = {NUMPAGES} + {PAGEREF FirstPage} - 1 }

Each pair of field markers must be inserted by pressing Ctrl+F9, not by
typing brace characters. This does what you originally proposed, but it's
more complicated than the first way.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.