Page total shows total for entire document not each section total.

Page total shows total for entire document not each section total.

I have a document with several sections, but am unable to get a correct page
total for each separate section. The printed page total is the total pages
for the entire document. I've inserted section breaks and broken the link to
each previous section and still end up with the wrong totals.

A simple 7 page document example follows. In this case I have a cover page
followed by two sections of three pages each. There is a section break after
the cover page and a section break after the first section. The links to the
previous section have been broken.

Section 1 prints without a page number as as desired.
Section 2 is numbered 1 of 7, 2 of 7, and 3 of 7. The desired output is 1
of 3, 2 of 3, and 3 of 4.
Section 3 is numbered 1 of 7, 2 of 7, and 3 of 7. The desired result is 1
of 3, 2 of 3, and 3 of 3.

There are seven total pages in the document, but I need each section to have
separate section totals. How do I get the total to be the total for that
section only?

Press Alt+F9 to display field codes. Edit the NUMPAGES field code to read
SECTIONPAGES, then Alt+F9 to toggle back and F9 to update.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

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Page total shows total for entire document not each section total.

I have a document with several sections, but am unable to get a correct
page
total for each separate section. The printed page total is the total
pages
for the entire document. I've inserted section breaks and broken the link
to
each previous section and still end up with the wrong totals.

A simple 7 page document example follows. In this case I have a cover
page
followed by two sections of three pages each. There is a section break
after
the cover page and a section break after the first section. The links to
the
previous section have been broken.

Section 1 prints without a page number as as desired.
Section 2 is numbered 1 of 7, 2 of 7, and 3 of 7. The desired output is
1
of 3, 2 of 3, and 3 of 4.
Section 3 is numbered 1 of 7, 2 of 7, and 3 of 7. The desired result is
1
of 3, 2 of 3, and 3 of 3.

There are seven total pages in the document, but I need each section to
have
separate section totals. How do I get the total to be the total for that
section only?

The "Page X of Y" construct consists of text plus two fields -- when you
select it and press Shift+F9 to display field codes, you see Page {PAGE} of
{NUMPAGES}. The {NUMPAGES} field always shows the total number of pages in
the document. To get what you want, you need to replace that field with a
{SECTIONPAGES} field. While the field code is visible, just type
SECTIONPAGES between the braces, and then press F9 to update it.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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Confused student wrote:
Page total shows total for entire document not each section total.

I have a document with several sections, but am unable to get a
correct page total for each separate section. The printed page total
is the total pages for the entire document. I've inserted section
breaks and broken the link to each previous section and still end up
with the wrong totals.

A simple 7 page document example follows. In this case I have a
cover page followed by two sections of three pages each. There is a
section break after the cover page and a section break after the
first section. The links to the previous section have been broken.

Section 1 prints without a page number as as desired.
Section 2 is numbered 1 of 7, 2 of 7, and 3 of 7. The desired
output is 1 of 3, 2 of 3, and 3 of 4.
Section 3 is numbered 1 of 7, 2 of 7, and 3 of 7. The desired
result is 1 of 3, 2 of 3, and 3 of 3.

There are seven total pages in the document, but I need each section
to have separate section totals. How do I get the total to be the
total for that section only?