Page-numbering question: continue numbering from one section to the next? {PAGE} of {SECTIONPAGES}

SDwriter · #11 10-24-2017, 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by macropod

Actually, the approach I suggested above won't work with continuous Section breaks, since you'll get a duplicate count for the first & last pages for the two-column layout and, if the two-column section doesn't span a page break, a duplicate page count for the last Section as well.

Instead, you need to use a field like:
{SET Sctn1 {SECTIONPAGES}}
in your document's first Section (i.e. the Section with the roman numerals for page #s). Then in your second & subsequent sections, use a field coded as:
{PAGE} of {={NUMPAGES}-Sctn1}
There is no need to unlink those subsequent Sections' footers from each other.

See attached.

Hi. Bringing this thread back from the dead. I had to stop work on this field code stuff for a few weeks, before I was able to try it. Now it's become a priority.

I was able to add this bookmark FC in the first section. Works great. I have a bookmark containing the sum of those i through v pages:
{SET Sctn1 {SECTIONPAGES}}

But in the subsequent sections I confess that I don't know how to change the field codes successfully. Just don't know the exact steps.

My fumbling in "Formula" got me as far as this:

Using this dialog box:

But it just produces this syntax error:

OTOH, This is from macropod's sample doc above and works great:

Can someone walk me through the process of creating the custom field(s) correctly?

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