different page numbering in the footer of different sections

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Scott Steiner - 08 Sep 2007 11:19 GMT

hi all,

i'm using office 2003 professional and have a question:

say i have a document with 20 pages. the last 3 pages are an annex.
question: how can i accomplish page numbering in the footer of the pages
so that the first 17 pages show "page x from 17", and the the last 3
pages show "annex x from 3".

i'm looking for a general solution i.e one that will work for any sized
document.

inserting a section break before the annex doesn't help much since then
the footer will display "page x from 20" where i can only control the
start of the page numbering in each section.

any help appreciated.

many thanks!

scott

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Graham Mayor - 08 Sep 2007 12:13 GMT

You can use two sections in which you can control the start number of each
and whether the number is displayed. As for the 'of Pages' - instead of
using the {NUMPAGES} field use the {SECTIONPAGES} field which reveals the
total number of pages for the current section..

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Scott Steiner - 09 Sep 2007 19:44 GMT

Graham Mayor schrieb:

> You can use two sections in which you can control the start number of each
> and whether the number is displayed. As for the 'of Pages' - instead of
> using the {NUMPAGES} field use the {SECTIONPAGES} field which reveals the
> total number of pages for the current section..

Thanks for the tip!

Now I have 2 sections and my footer is something like this:
{PAGE} / {SECTIONPAGES}

This solves the problem of the 'of Pages' part, however, I still have a
problem with the 'Page' part.

Say I have 5 Pages, 2 of which are an annex. Footers should display this:

Page 1 of 3
Page 2 of 3
Page 3 of 3
Annex 1 of 2
Annex 2 of 2

Using {PAGE} / {SECTIONPAGES} and 2 sections displays 'Annex 4 of 2' and
'Annex 5 of 2'.

Any help appreciated!

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 09 Sep 2007 21:57 GMT

Restart page numbering in section 2.

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