current page number plus 1

Hi,

i am am a first timer so I apologise in advance if I'm doing something wrong.

I'm now using Word 2013 after many happy years of using WordPerfect.

I have a footer at the bottom of each page giving a compulsory liability warning. In a multipage document I would like "..../2" to appear at the bottom of page 1 to indicate that page 2 follows. And at the top of page 2 I would like " - 2 -" to appear with ".../3" at the bottom of it and so on.

 Can anybody help.

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Using CTRL+F9 to insert the field delimiters{ }, at the location in the Footer of the page where you want the number to appear, insert

{ IF { PAGE } < { NUMPAGES } "..../{ = { PAGE } + 1 }" ""}

The If...then...Else construct will restrict the display of that number to all but the last page of the document.

For the page number of the page itself, in the Header of the page insert

- { PAGE } -

Use Alt+F9 to toggle off the display of the field codes.

If you do not want the number on page 1, use

{ IF { PAGE } > 1 "- { PAGE } -" "" }

Hope this helps,
Doug Robbins - MVP Office Apps & Services (Word)
dougrobbinsmvp@gmail.com

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