Page X of Y (Y needs to be total page count)

[Fred Ridder]

The usual trick is to put a paragraph with a unique tag (to make it easier to find in the X-ref dialog) on the last page of the last chapter, and to use an x-ref to that paragraph (with page-number-only format) in the page numbering on your master pages. Most system variables (like the page count variable) are file-oriented and not very useful for book-level issues like total page count.
 
-Fred Ridder
 
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> Subject: Page X of Y (Y needs to be total page count)
> From: Eric_Isaacson at selinc.com
> Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:12:19 -0800
> 
> I have a book totaling 80 consecutive pages but made up of several files. 
> I have been asked by our Quality dept. to use Page X of Y in my footers 
> (the result of an audit). When I put in the Page Count variable, I get the 
> page count of the individual file (the Y part of the page count footer), 
> not of the whole book. 
> 
> So, file 1 has Page 1 of 2, file 2 has Page 3 of 16, etc. I need them to 
> be Page 1 of 80, Page 3 of 80, etc. Is there a variable or some other 
> method I'm not familiar with that will accomplish this? I've checked the 
> Help file and did a quick Google search on page variables, but found 
> nothing useful.
> 
> I'm using Frame 6 on Win XP SP3.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> *************************************************
> Eric Isaacson
> Product Literature Manager
> Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
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