If you know the number of pages in the front matter (and it will not
change), then you can use Page { Page } of { = { NumPages } - x }, where x
is the number of pages in the front matter.

If not, then you insert a bookmark on the last page of the document and use
a PageRef field to reference the page number of that bookmark instead of the
NumPages field.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Rhonda" wrote in message
...
I have a document with 4 pages of front matter (cover page and table of
contents) and then 42 pages of text in the body of the document. I have
the
pages of the body numbered "Page X of Y", but the Y is the total pages of
the
entire document (46) and I want it to represent Y minus the pages in the
front matter (42) i.e. I want all my body pages to actually say "Page 'X
'of
42" not "Page 'X' of 46". Of course I could manually enter the number 42
in
place of Y, but the document will eventually be updated and additional
pages
will result so I want it automated. (If the solution involves fields and
formulas, go slow I have no idea how to create new ones!)

Thanks so much!
Rhonda