RE: "y" of "Page x of y" is incorrect

Subject: RE: "y" of "Page x of y" is incorrect
From: "Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 14:18:28 -0500

You're using the NUMPAGES field. Try the SECTIONPAGES field instead.

-- Dan Goldstein

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nancy Allison
> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 12:58 PM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: RE: "y" of "Page x of y" is incorrect
>
> Hello again. The original problem is solved. I inherited this
> document, and probably a couple of people had worked on it
> before, using slightly different techniques that probably
> confused Word. I went through it rigorously, straightening
> out inconsistencies of various sorts, and the problem was
> solved somewhere along the way.
>
> Now I have a different problem. The total document is 47
> pages long; the front matter is 6 pages long. I use roman
> numerals for the TOC and Preface; I restart with Arabic
> numerals on page 1 of chapter 1. However, the total number of
> pages does not reset to 41 at this point. It remains 47.
>
> Therefore, the last page of the document says "Page 41 of 47."
>
> Not good. Again, is there a way to fix this through the menus?
>

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