NUMPAGES

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Doug Boufford

I have a 28 physical page doc - with no numbering showing on the first 2 pages.
Starting on physical page 3, I have inserted in the footer
Page {PAGE} of {NUMPAGES}

I have it set so that the numbering starts at 1 on page 3, but the NUMPAGES returns
28, when I want it to show the total number of pages minus 2 (26)

I've tried {NUMPAGES - 2} but no luck.

Any hints welcome!

TIA

Doug
 
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&:-jesse\)

Doug,

you didn't mention your version of Word but you might try
the following as suggested from online help...

If the page numbering starts on a page number other than
1, use an = (Formula) field to compute the total page
number count. To determine the starting page number for
the active document, (StartingNumber), click Page Numbers
on the Insert menu, and then click Format.

Page { PAGE } of { = (StartingNumber - 1) + { NUMPAGES } }

jesse
 
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Doug Boufford

Jesse
Word 97
I tied that after searching HELP, but I keep getting "invalid syntax" error & thought
there might be a better way

Thanks
Doug
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

A simpler version is Page { PAGE } of { = { NUMPAGES } -2 }

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