Re: Page X of Y (Y needs to be total page count)

2011-01-24 Thread Roger Shuttleworth
Hi Eric You can do this as follows: 1. Place a paragraph on the last page of the book. It doesn't have to contain anything, but if you wish it may. You can also set the colour to white. 2. Place a cross reference to the paragraph tag in the footer, and set the cross-reference format to $pag

Re: Page X of Y (Y needs to be total page count)

2011-01-24 Thread Stuart Rogers
On 24/01/2011 3:12 PM, eric_isaac...@selinc.com wrote: 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 ind

RE: Page X of Y (Y needs to be total page count)

2011-01-24 Thread Eric_Isaacson
Thanks to everyone who responded with the solution for my page numbering issue! * Eric Isaacson Product Literature Manager Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. ___ You are currently subscribed to fr

RE: Page X of Y (Y needs to be total page count)

2011-01-24 Thread Fred Ridder
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 cou