Problem

You might have a document with ‘page x of y’ page numbering – but the first page is a title page and numbering actually starts on page 2… The last page will be numbered Page 10 of 11 – and there’s no page 11!

Solution

In your document footer

1. Press [Alt]+[F9] to display field codes

2. Type PAGE inside braces, then type of

   Page { PAGE } of

3. Press [Ctrl]+[F9] to put in { } and type = in {}

   Page { PAGE } of {=}

4. Press [Ctrl]+[F9] after =

   Page { PAGE } of {={ }}

5. Type NUMPAGES in { } and -1 after field

Your finished field should look like this:

Page { PAGE } of {={ NUMPAGES}-1}

Press [Alt]+[F9] to display numbering.