I need to have a document show the page number in the range for the current section. I have gotten the page number (X) set properly, but I need the page count for the section (Y) to also show, but it only shows the total page count for the document. Example, I have a 4 page document, section 2 starts on page 2 to the end of the document, and should show 'Page 1 of 3', but it displays as 'Page 1 of 4'.

Is there something I can set to display the # of pages in the section, instead of the entire document?

I believe I found the answer, I need to use the 'SectionPages' field, but I believe that means the document, which was previously saved as a .doc for backwards compatabilty, now needs to be saved in the more current versions.

If anyone knows of another answer, preferrably one that works in a .doc file, please let me know.

SectionPages works in all versions of Word from Word 97 at least. You may also want to take a look at this which is about having both the section page number and the document page number showing on the same page. Downloads

Thanks for the link. I had read that certain field functions were only available in 2010+, wasn't sure which ones they were.

Edit: Checking that link, I was interested in how it calculated the document page number in a section, but it appears it does so by adding up other calculated sections (i.e. = { Page } + { Sec1Pages } + { Sec2Pages } + { Sec3Pages } ) . Is there any way to determine the pages' position in the document with an unknown variable # of sections in the document?

There probably is, but it isn't something I know how to do off-hand. It would involve a fairly hairy macro, I suspect.

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)