Not in a dynamic sense. It could be done via a macro that populates a custom document property, for example, but you'd still need to tell the macro which Sections to exclude; fun if the document has counted an non-counted Sections interspersed.

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Thanks, if it's not possible dynamically, then it's not good for the task I would have, and I'd prefer not to use a macro as I have no control over the end use for this document.

I'm not trying to exclude any sectons, I was just hoping that there was a way to determine in a calculated field that the current page (e.g. page 4 of the current section) would be page 38 in the entire document, regardless of which section it is in, or where that section appears in the document.

There is, and Charles' link shows how. The question you need to resolve is whether it's worth the effort.

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While you're at it, consider whether the reader actually benefits from folio-by-chapter numbering. I'd sooner be directed to page 38, and look for one piece of information, than page 3-14 and have to look for two.

The hope that readers will diligently handle a new version by pulling out 6-18 to 6-24 and replacing them with the new 6-18 to 6-26, plus the updated table of contents … may be misplaced in all but the most disciplined environments. (and there's a cautionary tale somewhere on the Word MVP site about an Australian refinery accident caused by relying on it)