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From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on 20 May 2010 16:22
Are you using Ctrl+F9 to insert the braces? The easiest way to do this is to
type = before the { NUMPAGES } field and -3 after it, then select the entire
expression and press Ctrl+F9.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

<Virginia Wilber> wrote in message
news:2010520155119virginia.c.wilber(a)lmco.com...
>I read your reply and I am unable to get it to work even though I didn't
>have a problem getting this to work in Word 2003.
>
> I select Page Number from the Header/Footer portion of the toolbar and
> get:
>
> Page 1 of 159
>
> Then I use Alt F9 to see what it actually says and get:
>
> Page { PAGE } of { NUMPAGES }
>
> as you said (I'm using Word 2007). Then I change it to read:
>
> Page { PAGE } of { = { NUMPAGES } - 3 } as specified -- inserting the "=
> {" and "} - 3" within the NUMPAGES original braces.
>
> However, the results are not correct. Below is what I get when I use Alt
> F9 to return to "regular" view.
>
> Page 1 of
>
> So next I change it to read:
>
> Page { PAGE } of { = { NUMPAGES } - 3 } as specified -- inserting the "{ =
> " and " - 3 }" outside the original NUMPAGES braces.
>
> Again the results are not correct. Below is what I get when I use Alt F9
> to return to "regular" view.
>
> Page 1 of { = 159 - 3 }
>
> I certainly hope you can help.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
>
> If you know the number of pages in the front matter (and it will
> notchange),
> 15-Apr-10
>
> If you know the number of pages in the front matter (and it will not
> change), then you can use Page { Page } of { = { NumPages } - x }, where x
> is the number of pages in the front matter.
>
> If not, then you insert a bookmark on the last page of the document and
> use
> a PageRef field to reference the page number of that bookmark instead of
> the
> NumPages field.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> http://word.mvps.org
>
> Previous Posts In This Thread:
>
> On Thursday, April 15, 2010 10:07 AM
> Rhonda wrote:
>
> Total Page Number Minus Number of Pages in Front Matter
> I have a document with 4 pages of front matter (cover page and table of
> contents) and then 42 pages of text in the body of the document. I have
> the
> pages of the body numbered "Page X of Y", but the Y is the total pages of
> the
> entire document (46) and I want it to represent Y minus the pages in the
> front matter (42) i.e. I want all my body pages to actually say "Page 'X
> 'of
> 42" not "Page 'X' of 46". Of course I could manually enter the number 42
> in
> place of Y, but the document will eventually be updated and additional
> pages
> will result so I want it automated. (If the solution involves fields and
> formulas, go slow I have no idea how to create new ones!)
>
> Thanks so much!
> Rhonda
>
> On Thursday, April 15, 2010 11:02 AM
> Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
>
> If you know the number of pages in the front matter (and it will
> notchange),
> If you know the number of pages in the front matter (and it will not
> change), then you can use Page { Page } of { = { NumPages } - x }, where x
> is the number of pages in the front matter.
>
> If not, then you insert a bookmark on the last page of the document and
> use
> a PageRef field to reference the page number of that bookmark instead of
> the
> NumPages field.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> http://word.mvps.org
>
> On Thursday, April 15, 2010 11:20 AM
> Jay Freedman wrote:
>
> There are two possible situations:- If the document contains only two
> sections
> There are two possible situations:
>
> - If the document contains only two sections (separated by one section
> break), then you can simply change the field that supplies the total. If
> you
> right-click the total number and choose Toggle Field Codes, you will see
> the
> field code {NUMPAGES}. Change that to {SECTIONPAGES} and press F9 (or
> right-click and choose Update Field) to show the result. This will now be
> the total number of pages in the section that contains the body.
>
> - If the body of the document consists of two or more sections (not
> counting
> the frontmatter section), then the SECTIONPAGES field will not work -- it
> would
> show the total of pages in the current section, which would change part
> way
> through the body. Instead, first insert a bookmark in the last paragraph
> of
> the document -- I suggest naming it LastPage. Now right-click the total
> number in the page numbering and choose Toggle Field Codes. Replace the
> word
> NUMPAGES with this:
>
> PAGEREF LastPage
>
> (If you named the bookmark something else, use that in the field code.)
> Press F9 to update the field, which will show the page number of the last
> page in the body.
>
> There is a minor difficulty with this: it is easy to overwrite and delete
> the
> bookmark, in which case the field will display "Error! Bookmark not
> defined." Then you have to go back to the end of the document and insert
> the
> bookmark again. it is also easy to add more pages after the bookmark, in
> which case the page numbering will be wrong, and you will have to move the
> bookmark (which you do by going to the end of the document and inserting
> the
> same bookmark, which automatically deletes the old one). It helps to go
> into
> the Options dialog and check the box to display bookmarks at all times.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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> so
> all may benefit.
>
> Rhonda wrote:
>
>
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