Microsoft KB Archive/90693

= WD: Changing Page Number Format in &quot;Page of Pages&quot; =

Article ID: 90693

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 1.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 1.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 1.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2.0a
 * Microsoft Office Word 2003
 * Microsoft Word 2.0c
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q90693



SUMMARY
In Microsoft Word, the format &quot;Page of Pages&quot; is not available as a field option.

To simulate a &quot;Page of Pages&quot; field:


 * 1) Place the insertion point where you would like the &quot;Page of Pages&quot; format to appear.
 * 2) On the Insert menu, click Field.
 * 3) In the Field Names list (Field Type in Word 2.0), select Page and then click OK.
 * 4) Type the word of.
 * 5) On the Insert menu, click Field.
 * 6) In the Field Names list (Field Type in Word 2.0), select NumPages and then click OK.

The following displays on the screen: {page} of {numpages}

If you see the numbers instead of the fields press ALT+F9 (OPTION+F9 on the Macintosh) to toggle the field codes on.

NOTE: If you know the field name, you can use Insert Field (CTRL+F9 Windows, COMMAND+F9 Macintosh) and type the field codes directly into your document.



MORE INFORMATION
Both fields, NUMPAGES and PAGE, default to Arabic numbers. You can select other styles from the Page Number Format dialog box. (To locate this option, click Page Numbers on the Insert menu.) Or, you can manually type a page number field code and use the switches in the following table.   ENTRY                                             STYLE       RESULT -  {page} of {numpages}                              Default     1 of 3

{page \*roman} of {numpages \*roman}             Lowercase   i of iii

{page \*Roman} of {numpages \*Roman}             Uppercase   I of III

{page \*alphabetic} of {numpages \*alphabetic}   Lowercase   a of c

{page \*Alphabetic} of {numpages \*Alphabetic}   Uppercase   A of C The following example uses the variable &quot;x&quot; (without the quotation marks) to add pages to the total number of pages

{page} of {=x + {numpages}}

where x is any number.

The following example uses the variable &quot;x&quot; (without the quotation marks) to subtract pages from the total number of pages

{page} of {={numpages}-x}

where x is any number.

