Help! ... page X of Y (not including cover page)

[gebobs]

Our documents start with a cover page which has signatures and routing
information.

So WRT page numbering, we don't want this included. I know how to start
numbering pages from the first document page, but I don't know how to
do it for the total document pages. It always counts the cover page.

I can use section pages if there is only one section but I can't always
count on that.

Any ideas?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Insert a bookmark on the last page and use a cross-reference to the page
number of that bookmark for your Y number.

 

[Barry Schwarz]

You could build your own customized text out of simpler fields with
{PAGE} of {= {NUMPAGES} - 1}

Our documents start with a cover page which has signatures and routing
information.

So WRT page numbering, we don't want this included. I know how to start
numbering pages from the first document page, but I don't know how to
do it for the total document pages. It always counts the cover page.

I can use section pages if there is only one section but I can't always
count on that.

Any ideas?

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[Charles Kenyon]

You could use a calculation field. Take a look at
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Numbering/PageNumbering.htm.