The usual trick is to put a paragraph with a unique tag (to make it easier to find in the X-ref dialog) on the last page of the last chapter, and to use an x-ref to that paragraph (with page-number-only format) in the page numbering on your master pages. Most system variables (like the page count variable) are file-oriented and not very useful for book-level issues like total page count.
-Fred Ridder > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Page X of Y (Y needs to be total page count) > From: Eric_Isaacson at selinc.com > Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:12:19 -0800 > > I have a book totaling 80 consecutive pages but made up of several files. > I have been asked by our Quality dept. to use Page X of Y in my footers > (the result of an audit). When I put in the Page Count variable, I get the > page count of the individual file (the Y part of the page count footer), > not of the whole book. > > So, file 1 has Page 1 of 2, file 2 has Page 3 of 16, etc. I need them to > be Page 1 of 80, Page 3 of 80, etc. Is there a variable or some other > method I'm not familiar with that will accomplish this? I've checked the > Help file and did a quick Google search on page variables, but found > nothing useful. > > I'm using Frame 6 on Win XP SP3. > > Thanks! > > ************************************************* > Eric Isaacson > Product Literature Manager > Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as DocuDoc at hotmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/docudoc%40hotmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.