Originally Visio only had background pages. Headers/footers were added to
handle the case when a Visio drawing page ends up printing over several
physical pages. For example, you can create a 11"x17" Visio drawing, but if
you print it to a standard letter size printer (8.5"x11") you will end up
with two physical pages. The headers and footers relate to the Physical
page, so if this Visio file contains two 11"x17" pages, the headers and
Footers would number the pages 1 to 4. If you used a background page, only
two of the pages would have page numbers (1 and 2).
Backgrounds are quite flexible, but they do not print. The information is
only printed when the background page is attached to a foreground page and
the foreground page is printed.
In you case, create a background page that includes the Field "Page Number"
and then attach this background page to all the pages except the first two.
To insert the Field "Page Number" create a text shape and select the text;
use Field from the Insert menu. Under Category select "Page Info" and under
Field select "Page Number".
The following knowledge base article will explain how to change the starting
page number.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;255102
John... Visio MVP
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