Page number

[kfwill]

In Visio 2003, how can I start numbering pages (in the footer) on the second
page? i.e. I the second page to be labeled "1".

 

[Al Edlund]

page numbers and the text on the tab have nothing to do with each other.
name away.
al

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

Headers and Footers are limited in what they can do. They were created to
handle the special case of printing a drawing that printed across several
physical pages.

Background pages are more versatile and you can create a custom formula that
will add an offset to the page number so that you can change the starting
page number.

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[Al Edlund]

apologies, I understood that he might have been talking about the tabs...
al

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

No apoligizes needed, some of the questions do take a second or third
reading to catch what the user needs. Since you are midwest and I am east
coast, how about getting together somewhere on the west coast to discuss
this? ;-)

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[Al Edlund]

sounds like an excellent reason to have a social beverage in redmond. what's
your plans for tuesday evening?
al

 

[Mysti]

John Marshall,
What is the custom formula to change the starting page number in visio?

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

You could try Microsoft's suggestion at
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255102/EN-US/
It involves
Creating a hidden shape
Setting the text with Insert/Field/Page number
Doing an Insert/Field/Custom formula where the formula evaluates the text in
the first shape and then adds one.

or you could just stick
=PAGENUMBER()+2
in the Custom Formula

It's a tricky decision, so I will let you decide. ;-)

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