Page Numbering

[Joer78]

When using the Page x of y format and starting the page numbering at a number
higher than 1, the x part is fine, but the y shows the actual pages. i.e. I
have a 10 page document and want the page numbers to start at 5. The first
page will say Page 5 of 10, next page is Page 6 of 10, and so on. But the
last five pages will say Page 11 of 10, Page 12 of 10, etc. up to Page 15 of
10. How do I get the y part of the format to account for the higher starting
number?

 

[Jay Freedman]

Modify the field that displays the "y" part of the expression.

Click on that number and press Shift+F9 to open the field code. You'll
see
{NUMPAGES}
which gives the total number of pages in the document.

Type an equal sign before the field, and a plus sign and the number
you added to the starting page (in this case, you went from 1 to 5, so
the added number is 4). Now it looks like this:

= {NUMPAGES} + 4

Select all of this, from the left side of the equal sign to the right
side of the 4. Press Ctrl+F9, which creates the field brackets around
the selection. (DO NOT try to type brackets, as that won't work.)

Finally, press F9 to update the revised field.

Beware of changing the starting page number to something else without
changing the number in the field.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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